diff --git a/src/db-up/HISTORY.rst b/src/db-up/HISTORY.rst
index 1cba27491a4..33c70a715cb 100644
--- a/src/db-up/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/db-up/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
+0.2.8 (2023-08-01)
+++++++++++++++++++
+* Pin `pymssql` to `2.2.7`
+
 0.2.7 (2022-04-02)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 * Upgrade `pymssql` to support Python 3.10
diff --git a/src/db-up/azext_db_up/custom.py b/src/db-up/azext_db_up/custom.py
index b94abfb1aaa..b98303615cf 100644
--- a/src/db-up/azext_db_up/custom.py
+++ b/src/db-up/azext_db_up/custom.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def _ensure_pymssql():
         python_path = os.environ.get('PYTHONPATH', '')
         os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = python_path + ':' + db_up_ext_path if python_path else db_up_ext_path
         cmd = [sys.executable, '-m', 'pip', 'install', '--target', db_up_ext_path,
-               'pymssql~=2.2.4', '-vv', '--disable-pip-version-check', '--no-cache-dir']
+               'pymssql==2.2.7', '-vv', '--disable-pip-version-check', '--no-cache-dir']
         logger.warning('  Installing "pymssql" pip packages')
         with HomebrewPipPatch():
             subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
diff --git a/src/db-up/setup.py b/src/db-up/setup.py
index 61851a04a6c..c238a492e50 100644
--- a/src/db-up/setup.py
+++ b/src/db-up/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from codecs import open
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-VERSION = "0.2.7"
+VERSION = "0.2.8"
 
 CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 ]
 
 if sys.platform != 'darwin':
-    DEPENDENCIES.append('pymssql~=2.2.4')
+    DEPENDENCIES.append('pymssql==2.2.7')
 
 setup(
     name='db-up',