# Upgrade mysql 5.1 to 5.5 webmin?

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/upgrade-mysql-5-1-to-5-5-webmin/48401>\
**Category:** Webmin\
**Created:** [May 1, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/upgrade-mysql-5-1-to-5-5-webmin/48401 "2014-05-01T22:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![dedeobi](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dedeobi](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/dedeobi)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/upgrade-mysql-5-1-to-5-5-webmin/48401/1 "2014-05-01T22:58:39Z")

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Hai, I would like to ask about how to upgrade mysql from 5.1 to 5.5 in webmin? I dont want to make any mistake for upgrading database, so I need some tutorials or suggestion before I start to upgrade mySQL. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Eric](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Eric](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Eric)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/upgrade-mysql-5-1-to-5-5-webmin/48401/2 "2014-05-02T03:21:52Z")

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Howdy,

Unfortunately, there isn’t a supported way to change to a different MySQL version.

We always recommend using the MySQL version provided by your distro… using MySQL versions provided by a third party are frequent causes of problems.

If you’d like to use a different MySQL version, our recommended way of doing that is to migrate to a distribution that ships with that particular MySQL version.

-Eric

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/upgrade-mysql-5-1-to-5-5-webmin/48401/3 "2020-04-30T06:14:51Z")

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Closed on April 30, 2020, 6:14am UTC