diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f33ae836..79d58225 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,15 @@ WORKDIR /app
 ADD . /app
 ENV PATH=$PATH:/root/.cargo/bin
 # temp removed --no-install-recommends due to CI docker build issue
-RUN apt-get -q update && \
-    apt-get -q install -y --no-install-recommends default-libmysqlclient-dev cmake golang-go python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel && \
+RUN \
+    echo "deb https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ buster mysql-8.0" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+    # mysql_pubkey.asc from:
+    # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/checking-gpg-signature.html
+    # related:
+    # https://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql-apt-repo-quick-guide/en/#repo-qg-apt-repo-manual-setup
+    apt-key adv --import mysql_pubkey.asc && \
+    apt-get -q update && \
+    apt-get -q install -y --no-install-recommends libmysqlclient-dev cmake golang-go python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel && \
     pip3 install -r requirements.txt && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
@@ -17,6 +24,7 @@ RUN \
 FROM debian:buster-slim
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY --from=builder /app/requirements.txt /app
+COPY --from=builder /app/mysql_pubkey.asc /app
 # Due to a build error that occurs with the Python cryptography package, we
 # have to set this env var to prevent the cryptography package from building
 # with Rust. See this link for more information:
@@ -25,8 +33,15 @@ ENV CRYPTOGRAPHY_DONT_BUILD_RUST=1
 RUN \
     groupadd --gid 10001 app && \
     useradd --uid 10001 --gid 10001 --home /app --create-home app && \
+    # first, an apt-get update is required for gnupg, which is required for apt-key adv
     apt-get -q update && \
-    apt-get -q install -y build-essential default-libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev ca-certificates libcurl4 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel cargo curl jq && \
+    # and ca-certificates needed for https://repo.mysql.com
+    apt-get install -y gnupg ca-certificates && \
+    echo "deb https://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ buster mysql-8.0" >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
+    apt-key adv --import mysql_pubkey.asc && \
+    # update again now that we trust repo.mysql.com
+    apt-get -q update && \
+    apt-get -q install -y build-essential libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libffi-dev libcurl4 python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel cargo curl jq && \
     # The python3-cryptography debian package installs version 2.6.1, but we
     # we want to use the version specified in requirements.txt. To do this,
     # we have to remove the python3-cryptography package here.
diff --git a/mysql_pubkey.asc b/mysql_pubkey.asc
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