# Upgrading an Older Version of Concrete5 **URL:** https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upgrading-an-older-version-of-concrete5/5756 **Category:** Developing with Concrete **Created:** [June 16, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upgrading-an-older-version-of-concrete5/5756 "2023-06-16T15:36:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![EvanCooper](https://forums.concretecms.org/user_avatar/forums.concretecms.org/evancooper/32/4597_2.png) [@EvanCooper](https://forums.concretecms.org/u/EvanCooper) #### Post date: [June 23, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upgrading-an-older-version-of-concrete5/5756/2 "2023-06-23T00:26:48Z")
Here are some useful threads that might be helpful - there’s also the [Gigs and Jobs](https://forums.concretecms.org/c/gigsandjobs/17) board if you’d like to team up with a developer: > [@Upgrading from 5.6.3.1 to 8.5.x](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upgrading-from-5-6-3-1-to-8-5-x/869/3?_gl=1*cn39q8*_ga*MTgxOTk0MTM1My4xNjI0MDQyNTM4*_ga_HFB3HPNNLS*MTY4NzQ3OTY4OS45OTkuMS4xNjg3NDc5NzM2LjAuMC4w): > > Thanks for the rec, but I’m looking to do the upgrade myself, rather than hire it out. > [@Issues upgrading from 5.7.5.13 to 8.5.4](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/issues-upgrading-from-5-7-5-13-to-8-5-4/4949?_gl=1*d4x52p*_ga*MTgxOTk0MTM1My4xNjI0MDQyNTM4*_ga_HFB3HPNNLS*MTY4NzQ3OTY4OS45OTkuMS4xNjg3NDc5ODgyLjAuMC4w): > > Hello, recently we have had a managed cloud server update it’s PHP version to 7.4. We had no control over this, however this has broken a site using Concrete CMS version 5.7.5.13. I’m trying to update Concrete to 8.5.4 which I believe is the first version compatible with php7.4, but I’m experiencing this error: The full error text is: An exception occurred while executing 'SELECT t0.akID AS akID\_9, t0.akHandle AS akHandle\_10, t0.akName AS akName\_11, t0.akIsSearchable AS akIsSearchab… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.concretecms.org/t/upgrading-an-older-version-of-concrete5/5756)._