diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8ef44a7..0fd20a6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ python-dotenv>=1.2.3
 sqlalchemy>=2.0.52
 pymysql>=1.2.0
 aiomysql>=0.3.2
-mysql-connector-python>=9.6.0
+mysql-connector-python>=26.7.0
 redis>=8.1.0
 
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