diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 013234b2..c30e96c7 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ html2text==2018.1.9
 html5lib==1.0.1
 idna==2.7
 ldap3==2.5
-mysqlclient==1.3.13
+mysqlclient==2.2.6
 paramiko==2.4.1
 psycopg2==2.7.5
 pyasn1==0.4.3