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index 1bfd2fcf51..80f788e358 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
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diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
index 5d7d885d02..c2491cdd30 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
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