diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f704cd..d8ff752 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ django-sslify==0.2.7
 google_compute_engine==2.8.13
 guppy==0.1.10
 mock==0.8.0
-MySQL-python==1.2.3
+mysqlclient===1.3.12-pinterest5
 nose==1.3.4
 oauth2client==1.5.2
 pycryptodomex==3.7.2