diff --git a/ci/geminstaller.yml b/ci/geminstaller.yml
index a38221884bd38..ed06cf4342e20 100644
--- a/ci/geminstaller.yml
+++ b/ci/geminstaller.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ gems:
 - name: mocha
   version: >= 0.9.7
 - name: mysql
-  #version: >= 2.7
-  version: = 2.7
+  version: >= 2.8.1
 - name: nokogiri
   version: >= 1.3.3
 - name: pg