# OpenMRS update to latest Java, Tomcat and MySQL Versions

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-update-to-latest-java-tomcat-and-mysql-versions/36505>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-update-to-latest-java-tomcat-and-mysql-versions/36505 "2022-04-27T19:24:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/tendomart/32/6753_2.png) [@tendomart](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/tendomart)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-update-to-latest-java-tomcat-and-mysql-versions/36505/3 "2022-04-28T14:20:50Z")

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> [@ibacher](#):
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> We support Tomcat up to version 9.x. I believe there’s some threads on Talk that mention this, but the underlying problem is that the javax.servlet classes were made part of the Jakarta project and now live in

> [@Tomcat Version with deprecation of Tomcat7](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/tomcat-version-with-deprecation-of-tomcat7/34043):
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> Tomcat7 reached end of life March 31 and is no longer hosted by Apache. At Partners in Health, Rwanda, we are upgrading our system and trying to avoid the end of life Tomcat, but have had some issues attempting to use more recent versions of Tomcat ([Unable to find taglib "c" for URI: /WEB-INF/view/module/legacyui/taglibs/c-rt.tld - #6 by benb123](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/unable-to-find-taglib-c-for-uri-web-inf-view-module-legacyui-taglibs-c-rt-tld/10832/6) and [https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/LUI-169](https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/LUI-169)). It seems that Tomcat7 is still the ‘official’ OpenMRS Tomcat version ([Step 3 - Install Tomcat - Documen…](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/Step+3+-+Install+Tomcat)

Would it also be wise to have Tomcat 10.X in platform 2.5.4 or rather 2.6.0 ?

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