diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2d116605a49e96d1b83a76c2979804834cd77b80..4fa2bf6722f8f7a00c1699727088bb2e2606402c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ django-csp==3.7
 django-compressor==4.3.1
 django-libsass==0.9
 django-betterforms==2.0.0
-mysqlclient==2.1.1  # for production deployment
+mysqlclient==2.2.0  # for production deployment
 tzdata==2023.3