diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 3e762870..010c79a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c4369b22..43626ce5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pytest-mock==3.10.0
 pylama==8.4.1
 semgrep==1.85.0
 mysqlclient==2.1.1
-mysql-connector-python==8.0.26
+mysql-connector-python==9.1.0
 django-celery-results==2.4.0
 sqlalchemy==1.4.45
 redis==4.4.4