diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 9bd915265..643d75a32 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 FROM ubuntu:latest
 MAINTAINER Shamal Faily <admin@cairis.org>
 RUN apt-get update 
-RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
+RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN apt-get install -y build-essential
+RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
 RUN apt-get install -y mysql-client
 RUN apt-get install -y graphviz
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-pip
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ RUN apt-get install -y ca-certificates
 
 COPY requirements.txt /
 COPY wsgi_requirements.txt /
-RUN pip3 install wheel
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 RUN pip3 install -r wsgi_requirements.txt
 ENV CAIRIS_SRC=/cairis/cairis
diff --git a/docker/requirements.txt b/docker/requirements.txt
index a6a80ede6..2a528b528 100644
--- a/docker/requirements.txt
+++ b/docker/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ argparse>=1.4.0
 coveralls>=1.1
 coverage>=4.2
 jsonpickle>=0.9.3
-mysqlclient==1.4.4
+mysqlclient>=1.4.4
 numpy>=1.6.2
 pyparsing>=2.1.10
 pydot>=1.2.3