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 ### Requirements
 
 * PHP 7.1 or above (with pdo, json, gd, openssl, zip, imap, mbstring, curl extensions);
-* MySQL 5.5.3 or above, or MariaDB.
+* MySQL 5.6.0 or above, or MariaDB.
 
 For more information about server configuration see [this article](https://www.espocrm.com/documentation/administration/server-configuration/).