diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b01213b2..7e485965 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ django-autoslug==1.8.0
 django-cas-ng==3.5.4
 django-grappelli==2.6.5
 django-recaptcha==1.0.5
-MySQL-python==1.2.5
+mysqlclient==1.3.7
 Pillow==2.9.0
 simplejson==3.8.2
 six==1.10.0