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MySQL on Amazon RDS versions

For MySQL, version numbers are organized as version = X.Y.Z. In Amazon RDS terminology, X.Y denotes the major version, and Z is the minor version number. For Amazon RDS implementations, a version change is considered major if the major version number changes—for example, going from version 5.7 to 8.0. A version change is considered minor if only the minor version number changes—for example, going from version 8.0.32 to 8.0.34.

Version currency timelines

Amazon RDS for MySQL tracks community database engine releases on a defined cadence. These version currency timelines are published to give you transparency into that cadence. You can use these timelines to:

  • Plan major version upgrades and estimate when a new RDS for MySQL major version will be available.

  • Schedule minor version upgrades during your maintenance windows.

The following table lists the version currency timelines for RDS for MySQL.

Release type Timelines

Major versions

Within 6 months of community release for first minor of the new major version <major>.1 (Oracle MySQL LTS majors)

Minor versions

Within 30 days of the community release

Supported MySQL minor versions on Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS currently supports the following minor versions of MySQL.

Note

Amazon RDS Extended Support isn't available for minor versions.

The following table shows the minor versions of MySQL 8.4 that Amazon RDS currently supports.

MySQL engine version Community release date RDS release date RDS end of standard support date

8.4.11

28 July 2026

21 August 2026

 21 August 2027

8.4.10

16 June 2026

7 July 2026

 7 July 2027

8.4.9

21 April 2026

8 May 2026

 8 May 2027

8.4.8

20 January 2026

3 February 2026

 3 February 2027

8.4.7

21 October 2025

13 November 2025

 30 November 2026

8.4.6

22 July 2025

1 August 2025

 31 October 2026

8.4.5

15 April 2025

29 April 2025

 31 October 2026

The following table shows the minor versions of MySQL 8.0 that Amazon RDS currently supports.

Note

Minor versions can reach end of standard support before major versions do. For example, minor version 8.0.28 reached its end of standard support date on March 28, 2024 while major version 8.0 reaches this date on July 31, 2026. RDS will support additional 8.0.* minor versions that the MySQL community releases between these dates. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest available minor version as often as possible for all major versions.

MySQL engine version Community release date RDS release date RDS end of standard support date

8.0.46*

21 April 2026

8 May 2026

31 July 2026

* Amazon RDS Extended Support eligible minor engine version. For more information, see Using Amazon RDS Extended Support.

The following table shows the minor versions of MySQL 8.0 that are available under Amazon RDS Extended Support.

Note

Minor versions can reach end of Extended Support before major versions do. RDS will generate and release additional 8.0.xx-RDS.xxyyzz minor versions between these dates. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest available minor version as often as possible for all major versions.

MySQL engine version Community release date RDS release date RDS end of Extended Support date

8.0.46-RDS.20260624*

 Not applicable 15 July 2026 31 July 2027

* MySQL Community retired major version 8.0 and won't be releasing new minor versions. This is a minor version that Amazon RDS released with critical security patches and bug fixes for MySQL 8.0 databases that are covered under RDS Extended Support. For more information about these minor versions, see Amazon RDS Extended Support versions for RDS for MySQL. For more information about RDS Extended Support, see Amazon RDS Extended Support with Amazon RDS.

The following table shows the minor versions of MySQL 5.7 that are available under Amazon RDS Extended Support.

Note

Minor versions can reach end of Extended Support before major versions do. For example, minor version 5.7.44-RDS.20240529 reaches its end of Extended Support date in September 2025 while major version 5.7 reaches this date on June 30, 2029. RDS will generate and release additional 5.7.44-RDS.xxyyzz minor versions between these dates. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest available minor version as often as possible for all major versions.

MySQL engine version Community release date RDS release date RDS end of Extended Support date

5.7.44-RDS.20260624*

 Not applicable 15 July 2026 31 July 2027

5.7.44-RDS.20260521*

 Not applicable 4 June 2026 30 June 2027

5.7.44-RDS.20260212*

 Not applicable 26 February 2026 28 February 2027

5.7.44-RDS.20251212*

 Not applicable 12 December 2025 30 December 2026

5.7.44-RDS.20250818*

 Not applicable 15 September 2025 31 October 2026

5.7.44-RDS.20250508*

 Not applicable 20 May 2025 31 October 2026

5.7.44-RDS.20250213*

 Not applicable 12 March 2025 31 October 2026

* MySQL Community retired major version 5.7 and won't be releasing new minor versions. This is a minor version that Amazon RDS released with critical security patches and bug fixes for MySQL 5.7 databases that are covered under RDS Extended Support. For more information about these minor versions, see Amazon RDS Extended Support versions for RDS for MySQL. For more information about RDS Extended Support, see Amazon RDS Extended Support with Amazon RDS.

You can specify any currently supported MySQL version when creating a new DB instance. You can specify the major version (such as MySQL 5.7), and any supported minor version for the specified major version. If no version is specified, Amazon RDS defaults to a supported version, typically the most recent version. If a major version is specified but a minor version is not, Amazon RDS defaults to a recent release of the major version you have specified. To see a list of supported versions, as well as defaults for newly created DB instances, run the describe-db-engine-versions AWS CLI command.

For example, to list the supported engine versions for RDS for MySQL, run the following CLI command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --engine mysql --query "*[].{Engine:Engine,EngineVersion:EngineVersion}" --output text

The default MySQL version might vary by AWS Region. To create a DB instance with a specific minor version, specify the minor version during DB instance creation. You can determine the default minor version for an AWS Region by running the following AWS CLI command:

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --default-only --engine mysql --engine-version major_engine_version --region region --query "*[].{Engine:Engine,EngineVersion:EngineVersion}" --output text

Replace major_engine_version with the major engine version, and replace region with the AWS Region. For example, the following AWS CLI command returns the default MySQL minor engine version for the 5.7 major version and the US West (Oregon) AWS Region (us-west-2):

aws rds describe-db-engine-versions --default-only --engine mysql --engine-version 5.7 --region us-west-2 --query "*[].{Engine:Engine,EngineVersion:EngineVersion}" --output text

With Amazon RDS, you control when to upgrade your MySQL instance to a new major version supported by Amazon RDS. You can maintain compatibility with specific MySQL versions, test new versions with your application before deploying in production, and perform major version upgrades at times that best fit your schedule.

When automatic minor version upgrade is enabled, your DB instance will be upgraded automatically to new MySQL minor versions as they are supported by Amazon RDS. This patching occurs during your scheduled maintenance window. You can modify a DB instance to enable or disable automatic minor version upgrades.

If you opt out of automatically scheduled upgrades, you can manually upgrade to a supported minor version release by following the same procedure as you would for a major version update. For information, see Upgrading a DB instance engine version.

Amazon RDS currently supports the following upgrades for major versions of the MySQL database engine:

  • MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0

  • MySQL 8.0 to MySQL 8.4

Because major version upgrades involve some compatibility risk, they do not occur automatically; you must make a request to modify the DB instance. You should thoroughly test any upgrade before upgrading your production instances. For information about upgrading a MySQL DB instance, see Upgrades of the RDS for MySQL DB engine.

You can test a DB instance against a new version before upgrading by creating a DB snapshot of your existing DB instance, restoring from the DB snapshot to create a new DB instance, and then initiating a version upgrade for the new DB instance. You can then experiment safely on the upgraded clone of your DB instance before deciding whether or not to upgrade your original DB instance.

MySQL minor versions on Amazon RDS

For the changes that the MySQL community made to the minor versions, see Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins on the Oracle website. Under Critical Patch Update, choose the month when Oracle released the minor version. And then choose the MySQL minor version under Affected Products and Versions.

MySQL version 8.4.11

MySQL version 8.4.11 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2026c.

  • Added support for post-quantum hybrid key exchange (X25519MLKEM768 and SecP256r1MLKEM768) for TLS 1.3 connections. Clients that support post-quantum key exchange negotiate a quantum-resistant shared secret automatically. To confirm which group the current session negotiated, query the Ssl_named_group status variable. For example: SHOW STATUS LIKE 'Ssl_named_group';.

MySQL version 8.4.10

MySQL version 8.4.10 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

MySQL version 8.4.9

MySQL version 8.4.9 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2026b.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause a "Row size too large" error with tables using InnoDB DYNAMIC row format.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect sort order for queries using ORDER BY DESC with range comparisons and LIMIT.

MySQL version 8.4.8

MySQL version 8.4.8 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2025c.

  • Fixed an issue which can cause some SQL statements to not get logged in the audit log.

MySQL version 8.4.7

MySQL version 8.4.7 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

MySQL version 8.4.6

MySQL version 8.4.6 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

MySQL version 8.4.5

MySQL version 8.4.5 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2025b.

MySQL version 8.4.4

MySQL version 8.4.4 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2025a.

  • Fixed a bug that caused a collation error while executing the Amazon RDS stored procedures mysql.rds_set_configuration and mysql.rds_kill.

MySQL version 8.0.46

MySQL version 8.0.46 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Fixed an issue that could cause a "Row size too large" error with tables using InnoDB DYNAMIC row format.

  • Fixed an issue that could cause incorrect sort order for queries using ORDER BY DESC with range comparisons and LIMIT.

MySQL version 8.0.45

MySQL version 8.0.45 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2025c.

  • Fixed an issue which can cause some SQL statements to not get logged in the audit log.

MySQL version 8.0.44

MySQL version 8.0.44 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

MySQL version 8.0.43

MySQL version 8.0.43 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

MySQL version 8.0.42

MySQL version 8.0.42 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements

  • Updated the time zone information to base it on tzdata2025b.

MySQL version 8.0.41

MySQL version 8.0.41 is now available on Amazon RDS. This release contains fixes and improvements added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS.

New features and enhancements