diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 6937fee..d11b006 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ itsdangerous==2.1.2
 Jinja2==3.1.2
 Mako==1.2.4
 MarkupSafe==2.1.2
+mysqlclient==2.1.1
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 six==1.16.0
 SQLAlchemy==2.0.6