diff --git a/14-HA-and-Scaling/01_ElasticCatBLog-Part1-LaunchTemplate/01_DEMO_SETUP/02c_A4L_RDSDB.yaml b/14-HA-and-Scaling/01_ElasticCatBLog-Part1-LaunchTemplate/01_DEMO_SETUP/02c_A4L_RDSDB.yaml
index 26eb19e..6fc1407 100644
--- a/14-HA-and-Scaling/01_ElasticCatBLog-Part1-LaunchTemplate/01_DEMO_SETUP/02c_A4L_RDSDB.yaml
+++ b/14-HA-and-Scaling/01_ElasticCatBLog-Part1-LaunchTemplate/01_DEMO_SETUP/02c_A4L_RDSDB.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Resources:
       DBSubnetGroupName: !Ref RDSSubnetGroup
       DBName: !If [NoSnapshot,  '{{resolve:ssm:/A4L/Wordpress/DBName:1}}', !Ref 'AWS::NoValue' ]
       Engine: MySQL
-      EngineVersion: "5.6.46"
+      EngineVersion: "5.7.31"
       MasterUserPassword: !If [NoSnapshot, '{{resolve:ssm-secure:/A4L/Wordpress/DBPassword:1}}', !Ref 'AWS::NoValue' ] 
       MasterUsername: !If [NoSnapshot, '{{resolve:ssm:/A4L/Wordpress/DBUser:1}}', !Ref 'AWS::NoValue' ]
       MultiAZ: !Ref MultiAZ