diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
index 8d8c89da93..0fabcd0c21 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "@opentelemetry/test-utils": "^0.9.0",
     "@opentelemetry/tracing": "0.10.1",
     "@types/mocha": "7.0.2",
-    "@types/mysql": "2.15.14",
+    "@types/mysql": "2.15.15",
     "@types/node": "12.12.47",
     "@types/shimmer": "1.0.1",
     "codecov": "3.7.1",
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/types.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/types.ts
index 71ad19e4de..349fadd58a 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/types.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-export type ConnectionConfig = Partial<{
-  host: string;
-  port: number;
-  database: string;
-  user: string;
-}>;
-
 export type Query = Partial<{
   sql: string;
 }>;
diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/utils.ts b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/utils.ts
index 98d846f670..662ba1072e 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/utils.ts
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-plugin-mysql/src/utils.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 
 import { Attributes } from '@opentelemetry/api';
 import { AttributeNames } from './enums';
-import { ConnectionConfig, Query } from './types';
+import { Query } from './types';
+import { ConnectionConfig, PoolActualConfig } from 'mysql';
 
 /**
  * Get a span name from a mysql query
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ function getCommand(query: string | Query) {
  *
  * @param config ConnectionConfig
  */
-export function getConnectionAttributes(config: ConnectionConfig): Attributes {
+export function getConnectionAttributes(config: ConnectionConfig | PoolActualConfig): Attributes {
   const { host, port, database, user } = getConfig(config);
 
   return {