diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index de2a69af..d9bb19b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           if [ "${{ matrix.db }}" == "mysql" ]; then
               echo "MYSQL_HOST=127.0.0.1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-              echo "JUPYTERHUB_TEST_DB_URL=mysql+mysqlclient://root@127.0.0.1:3306/jupyterhub" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+              echo "JUPYTERHUB_TEST_DB_URL=mysql+mysqldb://root@127.0.0.1:3306/jupyterhub" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
           if [ "${{ matrix.ssl }}" == "ssl" ]; then
               echo "SSL_ENABLED=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/docs/source/explanation/database.md b/docs/source/explanation/database.md
index 8e4ea59c..f0ab5dfb 100644
--- a/docs/source/explanation/database.md
+++ b/docs/source/explanation/database.md
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@ For example, to connect to a mysql database with mysqlclient:
 2. configure [](JupyterHub.db_url):
 
    ```python
-   c.JupyterHub.db_url = "mysql+mysqlclient://myuser:mypassword@my-sql-server:3306/my-db-name"
+   c.JupyterHub.db_url = "mysql+mysqldb://myuser:mypassword@my-sql-server:3306/my-db-name"
    ```
diff --git a/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py b/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
index ee9d0bbd..f8c379bc 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def generate_old_db(env_dir, hub_version, db_url):
         pkgs.append('sqlalchemy<2')
 
     if 'mysql' in db_url:
-        pkgs.append('mysql-connector-python')
+        pkgs.append('mysqlclient')
     elif 'postgres' in db_url:
         pkgs.append('psycopg2-binary')
     check_call([env_pip, 'install'] + pkgs)