diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/553_fix_connection_arguemnts_for_old_mysqldb_driver.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/553_fix_connection_arguemnts_for_old_mysqldb_driver.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f5316
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/553_fix_connection_arguemnts_for_old_mysqldb_driver.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - mysql module utils - use the connection arguments ``db`` instead of ``database`` and ``passwd`` instead of ``password`` when running with MySQLdb < 2.0.0 (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/553).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
index 713aba8..b95d20d 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def mysql_connect(module, login_user=None, login_password=None, config_file='',
         db_connection = mysql_driver.connect(autocommit=autocommit, **config)
     else:
         # In case of MySQLdb driver
-        if mysql_driver.version_info[0] < 2 and mysql_driver.version_info[1] < 1:
+        if mysql_driver.version_info[0] < 2 or (mysql_driver.version_info[0] == 2 and mysql_driver.version_info[1] < 1):
             # for MySQLdb < 2.1.0, use 'db' instead of 'database' and 'passwd' instead of 'password'
             if 'database' in config:
                 config['db'] = config['database']