diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 039e58d37999c..4f63c284f7807 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def get_git_sha() -> str:
         "impala": ["impyla>0.16.2, <0.17"],
         "kylin": ["kylinpy>=2.8.1, <2.9"],
         "mmsql": ["pymssql>=2.1.4, <2.2"],
-        "mysql": ["mysqlclient>=2.1.0"],
+        "mysql": ["mysqlclient>=2.1.0, <3"],
         "oracle": ["cx-Oracle>8.0.0, <8.1"],
         "pinot": ["pinotdb>=0.3.3, <0.4"],
         "postgres": ["psycopg2-binary==2.8.5"],