Announcing April 2026 Releases featuring MySQL Server 9.7.0, 8.4.9 and 8.0.46

[Balasubramanian Kandasamy]

Dear MySQL users,

We are pleased to announce the release of the following products:

    * MySQL Server 9.7.0, 8.4.9, and 8.0.46
    * MySQL Shell, Router 9.7.0, 8.4.9, and 8.0.46
    * MySQL 9.7.0 Connectors
    * MySQL NDB Cluster 9.7.0, 8.4.9, 8.0.46, and 7.6.38

These releases are recommended for use on production systems and are
available in source and binary form for a number of platforms from our
MySQL Community download pages at:

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/

Regardless of server version, always use the latest version of MySQL
Clients, Tools, and Connectors as they support both MySQL Server 8.0
and 8.4 LTS too.

Windows packages are available via the Installer for Windows or .ZIP
(no-install) packages for more advanced needs. The point and click
configuration wizards and MySQL products are available in the unified
Installer for Windows:

https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/

Enterprise binaries for these new releases are available on My Oracle
Support:

https://support.oracle.com

Choose the “Patches & Updates” tab, and then choose the “Product or
Family (Advanced Search)” side tab in the “Patch Search” portlet.

MySQL Enterprise binaries are also available on the Oracle Software
Delivery Cloud:

https://edelivery.oracle.com/

Developers can download MySQL Enterprise Edition from

https://www.oracle.com/mysql/technologies/mysql-enterprise-edition-downloads.html

Innovation releases are supported until the next innovation release, and
are recommended for production use. The 8.0, 8.4 and 9.7 series
will focus on security and bug fixes only. Please refer to the following
for more information:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/mysql-releases.html

As of April 2026, with version 8.0.46, MySQL 8.0 reaches End of Life (EoL). MySQL 8.0 
users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest MySQL 8.4 LTS or MySQL Innovation release.

Changes since the previous releases can be viewed online:

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/#current-release-notes

On Behalf of the MySQL Engineering Team,
Balasubramanian Kandasamy