diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index e190f302a4..9dc61c976f 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ falcon~=2.0
 grpcio~=1.27
 httpx>=0.18.0
 kafka-python>=2.0,<3.0
-mysql-connector-python~=8.0
+mysql-connector-python~=9.1
 mysqlclient~=2.1.1
 openai >= 1.26.0
 psutil>=5
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/pyproject.toml
index 2bbc0795b8..c199dee7b6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 instruments = [
-  "mysql-connector-python >= 8.0, < 10.0",
+  "mysql-connector-python >=9.1.0, <10.0",
 ]
 
 [project.entry-points.opentelemetry_instrumentor]
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-0.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-0.txt
index 45fb95cb37..de6a5e4afa 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-0.txt
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-0.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 asgiref==3.8.1
 Deprecated==1.2.14
 iniconfig==2.0.0
-mysql-connector-python==8.3.0
+mysql-connector-python==9.1.0
 packaging==24.0
 pluggy==1.5.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-1.txt b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-1.txt
index 0ca8efb64c..f25cf7907b 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-1.txt
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql/test-requirements-1.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 asgiref==3.8.1
 Deprecated==1.2.14
 iniconfig==2.0.0
-mysql-connector-python==9.0.0
+mysql-connector-python==9.1.0
 packaging==24.0
 pluggy==1.5.0
 py-cpuinfo==9.0.0