Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.6.27, 10.11.18, 11.4.12, and 11.8.8

Amazon RDS for MariaDB Updates

Amazon RDS for MariaDB now supports community MariaDB minor versions 10.6.27, 10.11.18, 11.4.12, and 11.8.8. Upgrade to the latest minor versions to fix known security vulnerabilities, benefit from bug fixes, performance improvements, and new functionality.

Automatic Minor Version Upgrades

Leverage automatic minor version upgrades to automatically upgrade your databases during scheduled maintenance windows. This feature helps maintain security and performance.

Managed Blue/Green Deployments

Use Amazon RDS Managed Blue/Green deployments for safer, simpler, and faster updates to your MariaDB instances. This method reduces downtime and risk during updates.

What to do

• Upgrade to the latest MariaDB minor versions.
• Enable automatic minor version upgrades.
• Consider using Managed Blue/Green deployments for updates.

Source: AWS release notes

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