# Upgrade options for DB snapshots with unsupported engine versions for RDS for MySQL
Upgrade options for unsupported engine versions

The following table shows which engine versions you can upgrade to from an unsupported engine version for RDS for MySQL DB snapshots.

**Note**  
You might have to upgrade your DB snapshot more than once to upgrade to your chosen engine version. 


| DB snapshot engine version | Engine versions available for upgrade | 
| --- | --- | 
| 5.5.8 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.12 |   5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.20 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.23 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.25a |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.27 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.31 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.33 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.37 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.38 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.40 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.40a |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.40b |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.41 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.42 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.5.59 |  5.5.62, 5.6.51  | 
| 5.6.12 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.13 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.17 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.19 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.19a |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.19b |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.21 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.21b |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.22 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.23 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.27 |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.6.27a |  5.6.51, 5.7.44  | 
| 5.7.10 |  5.7.44, 5.7.44-rds.20240408, 5.7.44-rds.20240529, 5.7.44-rds.20250103, 5.7.44-rds.20250213, 8.0.32, 8.0.33, 8.0.34, 8.0.35, 8.0.36, 8.0.37, 8.0.39, 8.0.40, 8.0.41  | 
| 5.7.11 |  5.7.44, 5.7.44-rds.20240408, 5.7.44-rds.20240529, 5.7.44-rds.20250103, 5.7.44-rds.20250213, 8.0.32, 8.0.33, 8.0.34, 8.0.35, 8.0.36, 8.0.37, 8.0.39, 8.0.40, 8.0.41  | 
| 5.7.12 |  5.7.44, 5.7.44-rds.20240408, 5.7.44-rds.20240529, 5.7.44-rds.20250103, 5.7.44-rds.20250213, 8.0.32, 8.0.33, 8.0.34, 8.0.35, 8.0.36, 8.0.37, 8.0.39, 8.0.40, 8.0.41  |