diff --git a/monasca_common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py b/monasca_common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py
index 28d8922e..eddb6f0d 100755
--- a/monasca_common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py
+++ b/monasca_common/repositories/mysql/mysql_repository.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 # under the License.
 import logging
 
-import MySQLdb as mdb
 from oslo_config import cfg
+import pymysql as mdb
 
 from monasca_common.repositories import exceptions
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca98235d..9d193a61 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ iso8601
 six>=1.7.0
 kazoo>=2.0
 kafka-python>=0.9.1,<0.9.3
-MySQL-python>=1.2.3
+PyMySQL>=0.6.7
 oslo.config<2.5.0
 pbr>=0.11,<2.0