diff --git a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-4.2.11.1.ebuild b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-4.2.11.1.ebuild
index 58e91eddf6bbd..d5f0d2ccea03f 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-4.2.11.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-4.2.11.1.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ruby_add_rdepend "~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
 	~dev-ruby/activemodel-${PV}
 	>=dev-ruby/arel-6.0:6.0
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-ruby/sqlite3-1.3.6 )
-	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 >=dev-ruby/mysql2-0.3.13:0.3 ) )
+	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 ) )
 	postgres? ( >=dev-ruby/pg-0.15.0 )"
 
 ruby_add_bdepend "
diff --git a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.1.7.ebuild b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.1.7.ebuild
index 8e8ffc1df325f..46c181edcd5fb 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.1.7.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ruby_add_rdepend "~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
 	~dev-ruby/activemodel-${PV}
 	dev-ruby/arel:8.0
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-ruby/sqlite3-1.3.6 )
-	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 >=dev-ruby/mysql2-0.3.18:0.3 ) )
+	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.5 dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 ) )
 	postgres? ( >=dev-ruby/pg-0.18.0 )"
 
 ruby_add_bdepend "
diff --git a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.2.3.ebuild b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.2.3.ebuild
index 9c54bc91ff6ac..033190770d83e 100644
--- a/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.2.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ruby/activerecord/activerecord-5.2.3.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ruby_add_rdepend "~dev-ruby/activesupport-${PV}
 	~dev-ruby/activemodel-${PV}
 	dev-ruby/arel:9.0
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-ruby/sqlite3-1.3.6 )
-	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 >=dev-ruby/mysql2-0.3.18:0.3 ) )
+	mysql? ( || ( dev-ruby/mysql2:0.5 dev-ruby/mysql2:0.4 ) )
 	postgres? ( >=dev-ruby/pg-0.18.0:* )"
 
 ruby_add_bdepend "