---
title: "MariaDB Node.js Connector 2.5.6 now available"
publish_date: 2022-02-17
updated_date: 2023-07-13
author: "Daniel Bartholomew"
tags:
  - name: "Connector/Node.js"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/connector-node-js.md"
  - name: "MariaDB Releases"
    url: "/resources/blog/tag/mariadb-releases.md"
---

# MariaDB Node.js Connector 2.5.6 now available

MariaDB is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the MariaDB Connector/Node.js 2.5.6 GA release.

**[Download Now](https://staging-mdb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/nodejs-connector/)**

## Release Notes

### MariaDB Connector/Node.js

- [Release Notes for MariaDB Connector/Node.js 2.5.6](https://staging-mdb.com/docs/release-notes/mariadb-connector-nodejs/2-5-6/)

MariaDB Connector/Node.js 2.5.6 is a Stable (GA) release.

Notable changes in this release include:

- The default connectTimeout value has changed from 10000 (10 seconds) to 1000 (1 second).

Issues fixed in this release include:

- On Windows, when LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE is executed, the file name validation does not handle escaped characters.
- In previous releases, loading data from a file named with escaped characters results in an error
- The default connectTimeout value may not be optimal for production environments and causes misleading error messages when used with connection pools.
- When the connection character set is set to an unsupported value, the connector does not raise an exception.

See the release notes page for more details and visit [mariadb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/nodejs-connector/](https://staging-mdb.com/downloads/connectors/connectors-data-access/nodejs-connector/) to download.