diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9e7468633..91ee931a3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "jsonref",
   "luqum",
   "more-itertools==8.10.0",
-  "mysql-connector-python<9",
+  "mysql-connector-python",
   "numpy>=1.26.0",
   "opensearch-py",
   "prometheus_client",