diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ec0582..14e074a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ geokrety-api-exceptions==0.0.1
 bleach==3.1.0
 characterentities==0.1.2
 SQLAlchemy==1.2.17
-mysqlclient==1.4.1
+mysqlclient==2.2.4
 bcrypt==3.1.6
 git+https://github.com/exavolt/python-phpass.git#egg=python-phpass
 geopy==1.18.1