Posted On: Nov 18, 2024

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL now supports MySQL minor version 8.0.40. We recommend that customers upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities in prior versions of MySQL, and to benefit from the numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality added by the MySQL community and Amazon RDS. Learn more about the enhancements in RDS for MySQL 8.0.40 in the Amazon RDS user guide.

You can leverage automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases to more recent minor versions during scheduled maintenance windows. You can leverage automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases to more recent minor versions during scheduled maintenance windows. You can also leverage Amazon RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments for safer, simpler, and faster updates to your MySQL instances. Learn more about upgrading your database instances, including automatic minor version upgrades, in the Amazon RDS User Guide.  

Amazon RDS for MySQL makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale MySQL deployments in the cloud. Amazon RDS for MySQL is available in Amazon Web Services China (Beijing) Region, operated by Sinnet and Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. See Amazon RDS for MySQL for pricing details. Create or update a fully managed Amazon RDS database in the Amazon RDS Management Console.