# Upgrade SQL driver

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-sql-driver/110787>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-sql-driver/110787 "2025-09-19T14:29:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![jalderete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@jalderete](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jalderete)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-sql-driver/110787/1 "2025-09-19T14:29:19Z")

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Good day, can someone advise me on this issue? My company's database team moved a database to a new server. Since then, I have not been able to connect again. It is the new SQL 2022 and apparently the problem is the driver I am currently using, sqljdbc4.jar. I need to update it to mssql-jdbc-13.2.0.jre11.jar. What would be the procedure? I do not want to affect the other existing connections. I have Ignition 8.1.33

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-sql-driver/110787/2 "2025-09-19T14:52:34Z")

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Go to the Ignition gateway → Config → Databases → Drivers.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/7/37bb981d4a9e30d10ca94aad67281251191eaf30.png)

After that, you’ll see a list of installed drivers, click the `edit` button next to the MSSQL one where you’ll see a config page with a button to load a new jar file.