diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
index fcc6a91c47..2cd6248cdb 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ from .schema import DatabaseSchemaEditor                    # isort:skip
 from .validation import DatabaseValidation                  # isort:skip
 
 version = Database.version_info
-if version < (1, 3, 7):
-    raise ImproperlyConfigured('mysqlclient 1.3.7 or newer is required; you have %s.' % Database.__version__)
+if version < (1, 3, 13):
+    raise ImproperlyConfigured('mysqlclient 1.3.13 or newer is required; you have %s.' % Database.__version__)
 
 
 # MySQLdb returns TIME columns as timedelta -- they are more like timedelta in
diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 98f14629bb..2dd1c06687 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ Connector/Python includes `its own`_.
 mysqlclient
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Django requires `mysqlclient`_ 1.3.7 or later.
+Django requires `mysqlclient`_ 1.3.13 or later.
 
 MySQL Connector/Python
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/releases/2.2.txt b/docs/releases/2.2.txt
index 7cabba3ad6..93a4a68994 100644
--- a/docs/releases/2.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/2.2.txt
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ Miscellaneous
 
 * Support for ``cx_Oracle`` < 6.0 is removed.
 
+* The minimum supported version of ``mysqlclient`` is increased from 1.3.7 to
+  1.3.13.
+
 * In an attempt to provide more semantic query data, ``NullBooleanSelect`` now
   renders ``<option>`` values of ``unknown``, ``true``, and ``false`` instead
   of ``1``, ``2``, and ``3``. For backwards compatibility, the old values are
diff --git a/tests/requirements/mysql.txt b/tests/requirements/mysql.txt
index cec08055cf..9974ce0d36 100644
--- a/tests/requirements/mysql.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements/mysql.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# Due to a bug that will be fixed in mysqlclient 1.3.7.
-mysqlclient >= 1.3.7
+mysqlclient >= 1.3.13