diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index 52fb79a80..ff8207ed9 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ HINT = "\x1b[3;33m"
 SUCCESS = "\x1b[1;32m [SUCCESS]: "
 
 SUPPORTED_POSTGRES_VERSIONS = [ "14.1", "13.5", "12.9", "11.14", "10.19"]
-SUPPORTED_MYSQL_VERSIONS = [ "5.7", "5.6" ]
+SUPPORTED_MYSQL_VERSIONS = [ "5.7" ]
 
 project_slug = "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}"
 if hasattr(project_slug, "isidentifier"):
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 5d042653c..00bd56cc1 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 
 Werkzeug==2.0.2 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.9  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
+{%- if cookiecutter.database_engine == "postgresql" %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- endif %}
+{%- endif %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.database_engine == "mysql" %}
+mysqlclient==2.1.0 # https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient
+{%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' or cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 watchgod==0.7  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index e7ca7fb28..25404ed5d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 -r base.txt
 
 gunicorn==20.1.0  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
+{%- if cookiecutter.database_engine == "postgresql" %}
 psycopg2==2.9.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+{%- elif cookiecutter.database_engine == "mysql" %}
+mysqlclient==2.1.0 # https://github.com/PyMySQL/mysqlclient
+{%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' %}
 Collectfast==2.2.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
 {%- endif %}