# Percona XtraBackup Version Naming & Behavior Changes

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**Created:** [August 21, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/percona-xtrabackup-version-naming-behavior-changes/7937 "2020-08-21T12:04:07Z")\
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There’s a new naming structure for Percona Xtrabackup releases, plus new changes to Percona Xtrabackup behavior made necessary by upstream changes to MySQL from Oracle.&nbsp; Read the details at:  
[Aligning Percona XtraBackup Versions with Percona Server for MySQL - Percona Database Performance Blog](https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/08/18/aligning-percona-xtrabackup-versions-with-percona-server-for-mysql/)