diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/local.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/local.md
index 58a183465..b8bd18299 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/local.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/local.md
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ You should now be able to connect to the VTGate server that was started in `101_
 ~/my-vitess-example> mysql
 Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 Your MySQL connection id is 2
-Server version: 5.7.9-Vitess (Ubuntu)
+Server version: 8.0.31-Vitess (Ubuntu)
 
 Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/vttestserver-docker-image.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/vttestserver-docker-image.md
index ca0344cec..47a64de03 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/vttestserver-docker-image.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/get-started/vttestserver-docker-image.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ The docker image expects some of the environment variables to be set to function
 | *PORT* | yes | The starting of the port addresses that vitess will use to register its components like vtgate, etc. |
 | *MYSQL_MAX_CONNECTIONS* | no | Maximum number of connections that the MySQL instance will support. If unspecified, it defaults to 1000. |
 | *MYSQL_BIND_HOST* | no | Which host to bind the MySQL listener to. If unspecified, it defaults to `127.0.0.1`. |
-| *MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION* | no | MySQL server version to advertise. If unspecified, it defaults to `8.0.21-vitess` or `5.7.9-vitess` according to the version of vttestserver run. |
+| *MYSQL_SERVER_VERSION* | no | MySQL server version to advertise. If unspecified, it defaults to `8.0.31-vitess` or `5.7.9-vitess` according to the version of vttestserver run. |
 | *CHARSET* | no | Default charset to use. If unspecified, it defaults to `utf8mb4`. |
 | *FOREIGN_KEY_MODE* | no | This is to provide how to handle foreign key constraint in create/alter table. Valid values are: allow (default), disallow. |
 | *ENABLE_ONLINE_DDL* | no | Allow users to submit, review and control Online DDL. Valid values are: true (default), false. |
diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/overview/supported-databases.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/overview/supported-databases.md
index d13b25214..6aaa5db56 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/overview/supported-databases.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/overview/supported-databases.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ featured: true
 
 Vitess deploys, scales and manages clusters of open-source SQL database instances. Currently, Vitess supports the [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/) and [Percona Server for MySQL](https://www.percona.com/software/mysql-database/percona-server) databases.
 
-The [VTGate](../../concepts/vtgate/) proxy server advertises its version as MySQL 5.7.
+The [VTGate](../../concepts/vtgate/) proxy server advertises its version as MySQL 8.0.
 
 ## MySQL versions 5.7 to 8.0
 
diff --git a/content/en/docs/16.0/user-guides/configuration-advanced/region-sharding.md b/content/en/docs/16.0/user-guides/configuration-advanced/region-sharding.md
index e10f9a58b..182af14db 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/16.0/user-guides/configuration-advanced/region-sharding.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/16.0/user-guides/configuration-advanced/region-sharding.md
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ You should now be able to connect to the VTGate server that was started in `101_
 ~/my-vitess-example> mysql
 Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
 Your MySQL connection id is 2
-Server version: 5.7.9-Vitess (Ubuntu)
+Server version: 8.0.31-Vitess (Ubuntu)
 
 Copyright (c) 2000, 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.