diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a75fa10fc83..c0fc8ae7a0d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 * Fixed the "help" link in the UI header [#1078](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/1078)
 
+### Security
+
+* Upgraded pymysql to version `1.0.2` [#1094](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/1094)
+
 ## [1.8.5](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/compare/1.8.4...1.8.5)
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/optional-requirements.txt b/optional-requirements.txt
index fd2e9a12514..a2a72d8b4a3 100644
--- a/optional-requirements.txt
+++ b/optional-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pymysql==1.0.0
+pymysql==1.0.2
 pyodbc==4.0.32
 snowflake-sqlalchemy==1.3.4
 sqlalchemy-bigquery==1.4.4