diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy_gcloud/action.yml b/.github/actions/deploy_gcloud/action.yml
index bd5950f..6a199ea 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy_gcloud/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy_gcloud/action.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev
-        pip install mysqlclient==1.4.*
+        pip install mysqlclient==2.1.*
       shell: bash
 
     - name: "Install kubernetes"
diff --git a/generate_requirements.py b/generate_requirements.py
index 7e92e41..04c8ea6 100644
--- a/generate_requirements.py
+++ b/generate_requirements.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         common_requirement,
         aimmo_requirement,
         "requests-toolbelt==0.9.*",
-        "mysqlclient==1.4.*",
+        "mysqlclient==2.1.*",
         "redis==3.3.*",
         "django-redis==4.11.*",
         "django-anymail[amazon_ses]==7.0.*",