diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 0adc4f291b..669e463e14 100755
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ RUN python -m virtualenv "${PROJECT_INSTALL_DIR}" \
 && . "${PROJECT_INSTALL_DIR}/bin/activate" \
 && pip install --no-cache-dir --no-use-pep517 \
     librabbitmq==1.6.1 \
-    mysql-python==1.2.5 \
+    git+https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient-python.git \
     psycopg2==2.7.3.2 \
     redis==2.10.6 \
 # psutil is needed by ARM builds otherwise gevent and gunicorn fail to start