diff --git a/requirements/wmf.txt b/requirements/wmf.txt
index 3dfcd811ce..4d14819e0a 100644
--- a/requirements/wmf.txt
+++ b/requirements/wmf.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -r base.txt
 -r test.txt
 gunicorn==23.0.0
-mysqlclient==2.1.1
+mysqlclient==2.2.7