diff --git a/backend/requirements.in b/backend/requirements.in
index 2caa77c137044755303ecd60bd65a432a9fc5219..13c0bdf4da4e47bcafad56ee11e869618e0275f9 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.in
+++ b/backend/requirements.in
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Flask-SQLAlchemy==3.1.1
 # Jinja2==3.0.3
 # jinja2-base64-filters==0.1.4
 kubernetes==24.2.0
-pymysql==1.0.2
+pymysql==1.1.1
 NamedAtomicLock==1.1.3
 ory-kratos-client==1.0.0
 ory-hydra-client==1.11.8
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 65e7ef711f887273079d5364e48a5db9accf62ba..20028a95ea82b08d731e0c42f0e4d0caf75021bc 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ pyasn1-modules==0.4.0
     # via google-auth
 pyjwt==2.9.0
     # via flask-jwt-extended
-pymysql==1.0.2
+pymysql==1.1.1
     # via -r requirements.in
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
     # via