diff --git a/base_external_dbsource_mssql/__manifest__.py b/base_external_dbsource_mssql/__manifest__.py
index 83b2e5ef9..1b0f69a36 100644
--- a/base_external_dbsource_mssql/__manifest__.py
+++ b/base_external_dbsource_mssql/__manifest__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "website": "https://github.com/OCA/server-backend",
     "license": "LGPL-3",
     "depends": ["base_external_dbsource_sqlite"],
-    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["pymssql<=2.2.5"]},
+    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["pymssql>=2.3.0"]},
     "demo": ["demo/base_external_dbsource.xml"],
     "installable": True,
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ea3048496..d319efa7c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # generated from manifests external_dependencies
 hdbcli
 mysqlclient
-pymssql<=2.2.5
+pymssql>=2.3.0
 sqlalchemy
 sqlalchemy-hana
 vobject