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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/open/-/open-7.4.2.tgz",
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+        "is-wsl": "^2.1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=8"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
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@@ -2088,6 +2235,14 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/os-tmpdir/-/os-tmpdir-1.0.2.tgz",
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@@ -2166,6 +2321,46 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/patch-package/-/patch-package-8.0.0.tgz",
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+        "minimist": "^1.2.6",
+        "open": "^7.4.2",
+        "rimraf": "^2.6.3",
+        "semver": "^7.5.3",
+        "slash": "^2.0.0",
+        "tmp": "^0.0.33",
+        "yaml": "^2.2.2"
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+      "bin": {
+        "patch-package": "index.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14",
+        "npm": ">5"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/patch-package/node_modules/rimraf": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.7.1.tgz",
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+      "bin": {
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+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-case/-/path-case-3.0.4.tgz",
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+    "node_modules/semver": {
+      "version": "7.5.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.5.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1bCSESV6Pv+i21Hvpxp3Dx+pSD8lIPt8uVjRrxAUt/nbswYc+tK6Y2btiULjd4+fnq15PX+nqQDC7Oft7WkwcA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "semver": "bin/semver.js"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/semver/node_modules/lru-cache": {
+      "version": "6.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-6.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Jo6dJ04CmSjuznwJSS3pUeWmd/H0ffTlkXXgwZi+eq1UCmqQwCh+eLsYOYCwY991i2Fah4h1BEMCx4qThGbsiA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "yallist": "^4.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=10"
+      }
+    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sentence-case/-/sentence-case-3.0.4.tgz",
@@ -2484,7 +2703,6 @@
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@@ -2614,6 +2832,14 @@
         "node": ">=0.3.1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/slash": {
+      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/slash/-/slash-2.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZYKh3Wh2z1PpEXWr0MpSBZ0V6mZHAQfYevttO11c51CaWjGTaadiKZ+wVt1PbMlDV5qhMFslpZCemhwOK7C89A==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=6"
+      }
+    },
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       "version": "3.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/snake-case/-/snake-case-3.0.4.tgz",
@@ -2724,7 +2950,6 @@
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       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/tmp": {
+      "version": "0.0.33",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.33.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jRCJlojKnZ3addtTOjdIqoRuPEKBvNXcGYqzO6zWZX8KfKEpnGY5jfggJQ3EjKuu8D4bJRr0y+cYJFmYbImXGw==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "os-tmpdir": "~1.0.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.6.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/to-regex-range": {
       "version": "5.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/to-regex-range/-/to-regex-range-5.0.1.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
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         "is-number": "^7.0.0"
       },
@@ -2798,6 +3033,14 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/universalify": {
+      "version": "2.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-gptHNQghINnc/vTGIk0SOFGFNXw7JVrlRUtConJRlvaw6DuX0wO5Jeko9sWrMBhh+PsYAZ7oXAiOnf/UKogyiw==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/upper-case": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/upper-case/-/upper-case-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -2893,6 +3136,19 @@
         "node": ">=10"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/yallist": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A=="
+    },
+    "node_modules/yaml": {
+      "version": "2.3.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.3.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-8aAvwVUSHpfEqTQ4w/KMlf3HcRdt50E5ODIQJBw1fQ5RL34xabzxtUlzTXVqc4rkZsPbvrXKWnABCD7kWSmocA==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/yamljs": {
       "version": "0.3.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yamljs/-/yamljs-0.3.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46e665e7..75031777 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
     "pretest": "node pretest.js",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "test": "mocha test/*.test.js",
-    "posttest": "npm run lint"
+    "posttest": "npm run lint",
+    "postinstall": "patch-package"
   },
   "files": [
     "intl",
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "loopback-connector": "^6.0.3",
     "mysql2": "^3.6.3",
+    "patch-package": "^8.0.0",
     "strong-globalize": "^6.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch b/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c49fc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/mysql2+3.6.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js b/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
+index ec52051..52ddc36 100644
+--- a/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
++++ b/node_modules/mysql2/lib/connection_config.js
+@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ class ConnectionConfig {
+   static parseUrl(url) {
+     const parsedUrl = new URL(url);
+     const options = {
+-      host: parsedUrl.hostname,
++      host: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.hostname),
+       port: parseInt(parsedUrl.port, 10),
+-      database: parsedUrl.pathname.slice(1),
+-      user: parsedUrl.username,
+-      password: parsedUrl.password
++      database: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.pathname.slice(1)),
++      user: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.username),
++      password: decodeURIComponent(parsedUrl.password)
+     };
+     parsedUrl.searchParams.forEach((value, key) => {
+       try {