diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1d5d788..b6c3473 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
           'attrs==16.3.0',
           'pendulum==1.2.0',
           'singer-python==5.5.0',
-          'PyMySQL==0.9.3',
+          'PyMySQL==1.1.1',
           'backoff==1.3.2',
           'mysql-replication==0.18',
       ],