diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
index 5af9c20..2b8aec0 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -79,7 +79,24 @@ def mysql_connect(module, login_user=None, login_password=None, config_file='',
     if login_user is not None:
         config['user'] = login_user
     if login_password is not None:
-        config['passwd'] = login_password
+        if mysql_driver.__name__ == "pymysql":
+            # In case of PyMySQL driver:
+            version_tuple = (n for n in mysql_driver.__version__.split('.') if n != 'None')
+            if reduce(lambda x, y: int(x) * 100 + int(y), version_tuple) >= 607:
+                # pymysql >= 0.6.7
+                config['password'] = login_password
+            else:
+                # NOTE: This check SHOULD be removed as soon as the minimum support version of PyMySQL for this collection reaches pymysql v0.6.7
+                config['passwd'] = login_password
+        else:
+            # In case of MySQLdb driver
+            version_tuple = (n for n in mysql_driver.__version__.split('.') if n != 'None')
+            if reduce(lambda x, y: int(x) * 100 + int(y), version_tuple) >= 10308:
+                # mysqlclient >= 1.3.8
+                config['password'] = login_password
+            else:
+                # NOTE: This check SHOULD be removed as soon as the minimum support version of MySQLdb for this collection reaches mysqlclient v1.3.8
+                config['passwd'] = login_password
     if ssl_cert is not None:
         config['ssl']['cert'] = ssl_cert
     if ssl_key is not None: