diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e6af4ccae..cd5b27499 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client-2.0.0-Linux-x86/
 deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client-2.0.0-Linux-x86_64/
 deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client-2.0.0-src/
 deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src/
+deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1/
 
 #glib
 deps/glib/glib-2.40.0/
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 09eaa2bc8..28a5c2221 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ jemalloc: jemalloc/jemalloc/lib/libjemalloc.a
 
 
 mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client/include/my_config.h:
-	cd mariadb-client-library && rm -rf mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src
-	cd mariadb-client-library && tar -zxf mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src.tar.gz
+#	cd mariadb-client-library && rm -rf mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src
+#	cd mariadb-client-library && tar -zxf mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src.tar.gz
+	cd mariadb-client-library && rm -rf mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1
+	cd mariadb-client-library && tar -zxf mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1-src.tar.gz
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && cmake .
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch libmariadb/libmariadb.c < ../libmariadb.c.patch
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch libmariadb/net.c < ../net.c.patch
-	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch libmariadb/mysql_async.c < ../mysql_async.c.patch
+#	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch libmariadb/mysql_async.c < ../mysql_async.c.patch
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch libmariadb/password.c < ../password.c.patch
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && patch include/mysql.h < ../mysql.h.patch
 	cd mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client && CC=${CC} CXX=${CXX} ${MAKE}
diff --git a/deps/mariadb-client-library/libmariadb.c.patch b/deps/mariadb-client-library/libmariadb.c.patch
index a0121673f..51adcf3e4 100644
--- a/deps/mariadb-client-library/libmariadb.c.patch
+++ b/deps/mariadb-client-library/libmariadb.c.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,3 @@
-@@ -2192,6 +2192,17 @@
-     my_free(mysql->options.extension->ssl_crlpath, MYF(MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
-     if(hash_inited(&mysql->options.extension->connect_attrs))
-       hash_free(&mysql->options.extension->connect_attrs);
-+    {
-+			struct mysql_async_context *ctxt;
-+			if ((ctxt = mysql->options.extension->async_context) != 0) {
-+				//if (ctxt->active==0) {
-+					if (&ctxt->async_context)
-+						my_context_destroy(&ctxt->async_context);
-+					my_free((gptr)ctxt, MYF(0));
-+					mysql->options.extension->async_context=NULL;
-+				//}
-+			}
-+		}
-   }
-   my_free((gptr)mysql->options.extension, MYF(MY_ALLOW_ZERO_PTR));
-   /* clear all pointer */
 @@ -2257,6 +2268,44 @@
      /* reset the connection in all active statements 
         todo: check stmt->mysql in mysql_stmt* functions ! */
@@ -33,7 +15,7 @@
 +    bzero((char*) &mysql->options,sizeof(mysql->options));
 +    mysql->net.vio= 0;
 +    if (mysql->free_me)
-+      my_free((gptr) mysql,MYF(0));
++      my_free((gptr) mysql);
 +  }
 +  DBUG_VOID_RETURN;
 +}
diff --git a/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1-src.tar.gz b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1-src.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d68f7402
Binary files /dev/null and b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1-src.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client
index 35d1bab54..9e54dc141 120000
--- a/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client
+++ b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mariadb_client
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mariadb-connector-c-2.1.0-src
\ No newline at end of file
+mariadb-connector-c-2.3.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/mariadb-client-library/mysql.h.patch b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mysql.h.patch
index 79f981869..e119f2157 100644
--- a/deps/mariadb-client-library/mysql.h.patch
+++ b/deps/mariadb-client-library/mysql.h.patch
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-@@ -420,6 +420,9 @@
+@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@
+ 					   const char *unix_socket,
  					   unsigned long clientflag);
  void		STDCALL mysql_close(MYSQL *sock);
++void	STDCALL mysql_close_no_command(MYSQL *sock);
  int		STDCALL mysql_select_db(MYSQL *mysql, const char *db);
-+int STDCALL mysql_select_db_start(int *ret, MYSQL *mysql, const char *db);
-+int STDCALL mysql_select_db_cont(int *ret, MYSQL *mysql, int ready_status);
-+void		STDCALL mysql_close_no_command(MYSQL *sock);
  int		STDCALL mysql_query(MYSQL *mysql, const char *q);
  int		STDCALL mysql_send_query(MYSQL *mysql, const char *q,
- 					 unsigned long length);
diff --git a/lib/mysql_connection.cpp b/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
index 028ae07f3..eac6e11fc 100644
--- a/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
+++ b/lib/mysql_connection.cpp
@@ -479,17 +479,17 @@ void MySQL_Connection::stmt_execute_start() {
 	if (_rc) {
 	  fprintf(stderr, " mysql_stmt_bind_param() failed: %s\n", mysql_stmt_error(query.stmt));
 	}
-	proxy_info("Calling mysql_stmt_execute_start, current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
+	//proxy_info("Calling mysql_stmt_execute_start, current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
 	async_exit_status = mysql_stmt_execute_start(&interr , query.stmt);
-	fprintf(stderr,"Current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
+	//fprintf(stderr,"Current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
 }
 
 void MySQL_Connection::stmt_execute_cont(short event) {
 	proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_PROTOCOL, 6,"event=%d\n", event);
-	proxy_info("Calling mysql_stmt_execute_cont, current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
+	//proxy_info("Calling mysql_stmt_execute_cont, current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
 	async_exit_status = mysql_stmt_execute_cont(&interr , query.stmt , mysql_status(event, true));
 	//proxy_info("mysql_stmt_execute_cont , ret=%d\n", async_exit_status);
-	fprintf(stderr,"Current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
+	//fprintf(stderr,"Current state: %d\n", query.stmt->state);
 }
 
 void MySQL_Connection::stmt_execute_store_result_start() {