diff --git a/requirements/rtd.txt b/requirements/rtd.txt
index cf39d6da..5babc05d 100644
--- a/requirements/rtd.txt
+++ b/requirements/rtd.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pygeoip==0.3.2
 langdetect==1.0.9
 PyPDF2==1.25.1
 PyMySQL==0.7.9
-mysqlclient==1.4.6
+mysqlclient==2.1.1
 pyspf==2.0.14 # rq.filter: ==2.0.12t
 spoon==1.0.6
 dnspython3==1.12.0