diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f373d21..8c2e3c4 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ source "http://rubygems.org"
 #
 gem 'right_aws', '>= 1.10.0'
 gem 'activerecord', '>=2.1.2'
-gem 'mysql', '2.8.1'
+gem 'mysql'
 
 group :development do
   gem "rspec", "2.5.0"