Updating MySQL on Centos 7 Submitted by daniel on Thu, 01/10/2020 - 16:18 With the launch of Drupal 9, one of the requirements is for MySQL 5.7 or later. If using Drupal 9 with MySQL or Percona, version 5.7.8+ is required. If using Drupal 9 with MariaDB, version 10.3.7+ is required. What I discovered is the the version of MySQL that ships by default with Centos is constrained to 5.5*. To find my current version of MySQL: Tags: MySQL Drupal 9 Plesk Centos 7