diff --git src/readme.html src/readme.html
index a40c5e98a9..4c76fd4c17 100644
--- src/readme.html
+++ src/readme.html
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 <h3>Recommendations</h3>
 <ul>
 	<li><a href="https://secure.php.net/">PHP</a> version <strong>7.4</strong> or greater.</li>
-	<li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>5.7</strong> or greater OR <a href="https://mariadb.org/">MariaDB</a> version <strong>10.4</strong> or greater.</li>
+	<li><a href="https://www.mysql.com/">MySQL</a> version <strong>8.0</strong> or greater OR <a href="https://mariadb.org/">MariaDB</a> version <strong>10.4</strong> or greater.</li>
 	<li>The <a href="https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a> Apache module.</li>
 	<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/news/2016/12/moving-toward-ssl/">HTTPS</a> support.</li>
 	<li>A link to <a href="https://wordpress.org/">wordpress.org</a> on your site.</li>
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
index 9951c8da25..201ba744a1 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class WP_Site_Health {
 	public $is_mariadb                   = false;
 	private $mysql_server_version        = '';
 	private $mysql_required_version      = '5.5';
-	private $mysql_recommended_version   = '5.7';
+	private $mysql_recommended_version   = '8.0';
 	private $mariadb_recommended_version = '10.4';
 
 	public $php_memory_limit;