diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e6fb3370a..95da07b6d7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#781](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/781))
 - `opentelemetry-instrumentation-aws-lambda` Add instrumentation for AWS Lambda Service - Implementation (Part 2/2)
   ([#777](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/777))
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql` Add support for PyMySQL 1.x series
+  ([#792](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/792))
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/package.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/package.py
index 918014bdd3..509f0ebf5f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/package.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pymysql/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pymysql/package.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-_instruments = ("PyMySQL ~= 0.10.1",)
+_instruments = ("PyMySQL < 2",)