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 ## Dependencies
 * PHP `7.3` with the following extensions: `cli`, `openssl`, `gd`, `mysql`, `PDO`, `mbstring`, `tokenizer`, `bcmath`, `xml` or `dom`, `curl`, `zip`, and `fpm` if you are planning to use nginx
-* MySQL `5.7` **or** MariaDB `10.1.3` or higher
+* MySQL `5.7.22` or higher (MySQL `8` recommended) **or** MariaDB `10.2` or higher.
 * Redis (`redis-server`)
 * A webserver (Apache, NGINX, Caddy, etc.)
 * `curl`