diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/177-change_deprecated_connection_parameters.yml b/changelogs/fragments/177-change_deprecated_connection_parameters.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c9e0884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/177-change_deprecated_connection_parameters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- mysql module utils - change deprecated connection parameters ``passwd`` and ``db`` to ``password`` and ``database`` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/pull/177).
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diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
index 2cafcb60..6aeebe54 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/mysql.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ 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
+        config['password'] = login_password
     if ssl_cert is not None:
         config['ssl']['cert'] = ssl_cert
     if ssl_key is not None:
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def mysql_connect(module, login_user=None, login_password=None, config_file='',
     if ssl_ca is not None:
         config['ssl']['ca'] = ssl_ca
     if db is not None:
-        config['db'] = db
+        config['database'] = db
     if connect_timeout is not None:
         config['connect_timeout'] = connect_timeout
     if check_hostname is not None: