diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 65614f9d..e68a3c27 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ group :development_async do
 end
 
 group :production do
-  gem 'mysql2'
+  gem 'mysql2', '< 0.3'
   gem 'memcache-client', '~> 1.8.5', :require => 'memcache'
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 23ba9c87..05f749da 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ GEM
     memcache-client (1.8.5)
     mime-types (1.17.2)
     msgpack (0.4.6)
-    mysql2 (0.3.11)
+    mysql2 (0.2.6)
     nokogiri (1.5.0)
     open4 (1.3.0)
     openneo-auth-signatory (0.1.0)
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jammit (~> 0.5.3)
   memcache-client (~> 1.8.5)
   msgpack (~> 0.4.3)
-  mysql2
+  mysql2 (< 0.3)
   mysqlplus!
   nokogiri (~> 1.5.0)
   openneo-auth-signatory (~> 0.1.0)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.2.6.gem b/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.2.6.gem
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diff --git a/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem b/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem
deleted file mode 100644
index 32209db0..00000000
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