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title: "What MySQL version does Code Studio use?"
date: "2026-06-05T07:36:43+00:00"
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*   For **new projects**, the pipeline uses **MySQL 8.0** as the default version unless the customer specifies a different version.
    
*   For **existing projects**, the pipeline uses **MySQL 5.7** as the default version unless the customer specifies a different version.
    

Set the required MySQL version by defining the `MYSQL_VERSION` variable under the Code Studio CI/CD variables for the project.

On successful execution of your pipeline with MySQL 8.0 on Code Studio, Code Studio starts deploying the changes to Acquia Cloud.