diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d268acc..216a58d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@
         "markupsafe==2.1.1",
             # via
             #   mako
-        "sqlalchemy==1.4.36"
+        "sqlalchemy==1.4.36",
             # via
             #   -r requirements.in
             #   alembic
+        "mysqlclient==2.1.0"
+            # via -r requirements.in
     ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index bdc0756..ea3fb05 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ towncrier
 semver
 pytest
 SQLAlchemy
-alembic
\ No newline at end of file
+alembic
+mysqlclient
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bd393b0..c509310 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ markupsafe==2.1.1
     # via
     #   jinja2
     #   mako
+mysqlclient==2.1.0
+    # via -r requirements.in
 packaging==21.3
     # via pytest
 pluggy==1.0.0