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