diff --git a/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js b/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
index 7ef30e09..1e3a34b6 100644
--- a/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
+++ b/storage/mysql/68-mysql.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 module.exports = function(RED) {
     "use strict";
     var reconnect = RED.settings.mysqlReconnectTime || 20000;
-    var mysqldb = require('mysql');
+    var mysqldb = require('mysql2');
 
     function MySQLNode(n) {
         RED.nodes.createNode(this,n);
diff --git a/storage/mysql/package.json b/storage/mysql/package.json
index ddde5f05..418c8414 100644
--- a/storage/mysql/package.json
+++ b/storage/mysql/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "node-red-node-mysql",
-    "version": "1.0.0-beta",
+    "version": "1.0.0-beta-2",
     "description": "A Node-RED node to read and write to a MySQL database",
     "dependencies": {
         "mysql2": "^2.3.3"