diff --git a/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/package.mk b/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/package.mk
index 51701d6420..f77ec39aa7 100644
--- a/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/package.mk
+++ b/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/package.mk
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="mariadb-connector-c"
-PKG_VERSION="3.3.10"
-PKG_SHA256="0a79088af2fbde4dbe6655dbc51bbb272b606c0d9116745697e08879e70198a7"
+PKG_VERSION="3.4.0"
+PKG_SHA256="23efc2da9c50d71dc0bb4f25c07f9437d5b8e2b0cbd529091a83d00ccf3f6d20"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://mariadb.org/"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-c/archive/v${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/patches/pr247-fix-calloc-errors-as-warnings-when-compiling-with-gcc.patch b/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/patches/pr247-fix-calloc-errors-as-warnings-when-compiling-with-gcc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df2d7b043e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/databases/mariadb-connector-c/patches/pr247-fix-calloc-errors-as-warnings-when-compiling-with-gcc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From 55631533d134d791ce12af9ab8acb2be39e5d22c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 07:57:30 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] fix calloc errors as warnings when compiling with gcc-14.1.0
+
+error: 'calloc' sizes specified with 'sizeof' in the earlier argument
+  and not in the later argument [-Werror=calloc-transposed-args]
+note: earlier argument should specify number of elements, later size
+  of each element
+---
+ unittest/libmariadb/bulk1.c | 8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/unittest/libmariadb/bulk1.c b/unittest/libmariadb/bulk1.c
+index 56ae20d8..1f28153c 100644
+--- a/unittest/libmariadb/bulk1.c
++++ b/unittest/libmariadb/bulk1.c
+@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static int test_char_conv2(MYSQL *mysql)
+     return SKIP;
+ 
+   stmt= mysql_stmt_init(mysql);
+-  buffer[0]= calloc(1, 7);
++  buffer[0]= calloc(7, 1);
+   strcpy (buffer[0], "\xC3\x82\xC3\x83\xC3\x84\x00");
+ 
+   rc= mysql_query(mysql, "SET NAMES UTF8");
+@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ static int bulk_with_unit_result_insert(MYSQL *my)
+ 
+   /* allocate memory */
+   buffer= calloc(TEST_ARRAY_SIZE, sizeof(char *));
+-  lengths= (unsigned long *)calloc(sizeof(long), TEST_ARRAY_SIZE);
++  lengths= (unsigned long *)calloc(TEST_ARRAY_SIZE, sizeof(long));
+ 
+   for (i=0; i < TEST_ARRAY_SIZE; i++)
+   {
+@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ static int bulk_with_unit_result_delete(MYSQL *my)
+   rc= mysql_stmt_attr_set(stmt, STMT_ATTR_ARRAY_SIZE, &array_size);
+   check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
+ 
+-  vals= (unsigned int *)calloc(sizeof(int), 5);
++  vals= (unsigned int *)calloc(5, sizeof(int));
+   memset(bind, 0, sizeof(MYSQL_BIND) * 1);
+   bind[0].buffer_type= MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;
+   bind[0].buffer= vals;
+@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@ static int bulk_with_unit_result_update(MYSQL *my)
+   rc= mysql_stmt_attr_set(stmt, STMT_ATTR_ARRAY_SIZE, &array_size);
+   check_stmt_rc(rc, stmt);
+ 
+-  vals= (unsigned int *)calloc(sizeof(int), 5);
++  vals= (unsigned int *)calloc(5, sizeof(int));
+   memset(bind, 0, sizeof(MYSQL_BIND) * 1);
+   bind[0].buffer_type= MYSQL_TYPE_LONG;
+   bind[0].buffer= vals;