diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d7a9d08..cba19da 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
           'attrs==16.3.0',
           'pendulum==1.2.0',
           'singer-python==5.9.0',
-          'PyMySQL==0.9.3',
+          'PyMySQL==1.1.1',
           'backoff==1.8.0',
           'mysql-replication==0.22',
       ],