diff --git a/apps/cli/utilities/contacts_wrest/setup.py b/apps/cli/utilities/contacts_wrest/setup.py
index 8dbe94110a6a20b863b41bf8b98dcddb115d607c..d0b12774c60cb94c6629af2a43e93d1294ebd63f 100644
--- a/apps/cli/utilities/contacts_wrest/setup.py
+++ b/apps/cli/utilities/contacts_wrest/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ with open("contacts_wrest/_version.py", "r") as vfile:
 README = Path("README.md").read_text()
 
 
-requires = ["dsnparse==0.1.15", "mysqlclient", "psycopg2", "pycapo", "pymysql"]
+requires = ["dsnparse==0.1.15", "mysqlclient==2.1.1", "psycopg2", "pycapo", "pymysql"]
 
 setup(
     name="ssa-" + Path().absolute().name,
diff --git a/shared/schema/setup.py b/shared/schema/setup.py
index 5b50de345574f4a5a6d829530d0af11b33d2b60a..6d10910da133cb5e2bd9dbd7b58ec9ef12ccf01e 100644
--- a/shared/schema/setup.py
+++ b/shared/schema/setup.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ setup(
         "sqlalchemy==1.4.46",
         "pycapo",
         "psycopg2",
-        "mysqlclient",
+        "mysqlclient==2.1.1",
         "cx_Oracle",
     ],
     keywords=[],