# Upgrading MySQL 5.6 to higher versions when GTID replication is enabled

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**Category:** General Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrading-mysql-5-6-to-higher-versions-when-gtid-replication-is-enabled/5131 "2016-10-05T21:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![mail2virtusolabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mail2virtusolabs](https://forums.percona.com/u/mail2virtusolabs)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrading-mysql-5-6-to-higher-versions-when-gtid-replication-is-enabled/5131/1 "2016-10-05T21:53:57Z")

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Hi,  
I need your help on proceeding MySQL upgrade when GTID is enabled on Oracle Enterprise MySQL servers, Below are the couple of details

1. topology one master having 3 slaves
2. Current Version : 5.6
3. Consideration: upgrading it to 5.7 and 5.7 to higher in future  
Send your thoughts on do’s and dont’s (limitations) along with references if any.

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**Author:** ![jrivera](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/jrivera/32/13_2.png) [@jrivera](https://forums.percona.com/u/jrivera)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrading-mysql-5-6-to-higher-versions-when-gtid-replication-is-enabled/5131/2 "2016-10-13T06:59:54Z")

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Always begin the upgrade on the slaves, promote one of the upgraded slaves and upgrade the old master and configure it as slave of new master. Make sure to not forget to execute mysql\_upgrade when upgrading from one major version to another.

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**Author:** ![mail2virtusolabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@mail2virtusolabs](https://forums.percona.com/u/mail2virtusolabs)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/upgrading-mysql-5-6-to-higher-versions-when-gtid-replication-is-enabled/5131/3 "2016-10-19T09:03:10Z")

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Thanks for the reply. and do we need any special considerations to handle GTID during this process