diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5f94e5..01efd4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ List of config parameters:
 | ssl_ca            | string                        | No       | -                                                                                                                                                                 | for self-signed SSL                                                                                                       |
 | ssl_cert          | string                        | No       | -                                                                                                                                                                 | for self-signed SSL                                                                                                       |
 | ssl_key           | string                        | No       | -                                                                                                                                                                 | for self-signed SSL                                                                                                       |
+| check_hostname    | string                        | No       | true                                                                                                                                                              | Whether or not to enforce strict host name checking on the SSL certificate
 | internal_hostname | string | No       | -                                                                                                                                                                 | Override match hostname for google cloud                                                                                  |
 | session_sqls      | List of strings               | No       | ```['SET @@session.time_zone="+0:00"', 'SET @@session.wait_timeout=28800', 'SET @@session.net_read_timeout=3600', 'SET @@session.innodb_lock_wait_timeout=3600']``` | Set session variables dynamically.                                                                                        |
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 59f9965..f128562 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     long_description = fh.read()
 
 setup(name='pipelinewise-tap-mysql',
-      version='1.5.6',
+      version='1.5.15',
       description='Singer.io tap for extracting data from MySQL & MariaDB - PipelineWise compatible',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@
       install_requires=[
           'pendulum==2.1.2',
           'pipelinewise-singer-python==1.*',
-          'mysql-replication==0.43',
+          'mysql-replication==1.0.9',
+          'singer-python==5.13.0',
+          'tzlocal==5.1',
           'PyMySQL==1.1.*',
           'plpygis==0.2.1',
-          'tzlocal==2.1',
+          'python-dateutil==2.8.*',
+          'six==1.15.*',
+          'packaging==24.0'
       ],
       extras_require={
           'test': [
diff --git a/tap_mysql/connection.py b/tap_mysql/connection.py
index 46ef001..5780723 100644
--- a/tap_mysql/connection.py
+++ b/tap_mysql/connection.py
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def __init__(self, config):
             "cursorclass": config.get("cursorclass") or pymysql.cursors.SSCursor,
             "connect_timeout": CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
             "charset": "utf8",
+            "read_timeout": 60,
+            "write_timeout": 60
         }
 
         ssl_arg = None
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
                 "ca": "./ca.pem",
                 "cert": "./cert.pem",
                 "key": "./key.pem",
+                "check_hostname": config.get("check_hostname", "true")
             }
 
             # override match hostname for google cloud
diff --git a/tap_mysql/sync_strategies/full_table.py b/tap_mysql/sync_strategies/full_table.py
index 9d46ddb..2f7bc07 100644
--- a/tap_mysql/sync_strategies/full_table.py
+++ b/tap_mysql/sync_strategies/full_table.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ def pks_are_auto_incrementing(mysql_conn, catalog_entry):
     with connect_with_backoff(mysql_conn) as open_conn:
         with open_conn.cursor() as cur:
             for primary_key in key_properties:
+                open_conn.ping(reconnect=True)
                 cur.execute(sql.format(database_name,
                                        catalog_entry.table,
                                        primary_key))