merge 2.8.1.1 to main

prep for deployment

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,