diff --git a/cross-reference/requirements.txt b/cross-reference/requirements.txt
index 501903a2..70b3c343 100644
--- a/cross-reference/requirements.txt
+++ b/cross-reference/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ asgiref==3.3.4
 Django==3.2.3
 gunicorn==20.1.0
 mysql-connector==2.2.9
-mysqlclient==2.0.3
+mysqlclient==2.2.6
 pytz==2021.1
 sqlparse==0.4.1
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.0