diff --git a/source/upgrading/index.rst b/source/upgrading/index.rst
index eb368a29b6..dc9e9041bd 100644
--- a/source/upgrading/index.rst
+++ b/source/upgrading/index.rst
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ release.  Please read through all sections carefully before starting.
 .. note::
    For information on the API changes and issues fixed in this release, please see the Release Notes section of the documentation
 
-
 Contents:
 
 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
  
+   upgrade/mysql
+   upgrade/valid_source
    upgrade/upgrade-4.15
    upgrade/upgrade-4.14
    upgrade/upgrade-4.13
@@ -55,4 +56,3 @@ Contents:
 ..   upgrade/upgrade-4.0
 ..   upgrade/upgrade-3.0.x
 ..   upgrade/upgrade-2.2.14
-   upgrade/valid_source
diff --git a/source/upgrading/upgrade/mysql.rst b/source/upgrading/upgrade/mysql.rst
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+++ b/source/upgrading/upgrade/mysql.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
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+
+MySQL upgrade problems
+======================
+
+With certain MySQL versions (see below), issues have been seen with "cloud.nics" table's 
+column type (which was not updated properly during CloudStack upgrades, due to MySQL limitations),
+which eventually may lead to exception seen in the management server logs, causing users to
+not be able to start any VM.
+
+The following SQL statement needs to be manually executed in order to fix such issue:
+
+   .. parsed-literal::
+ALTER TABLE nics MODIFY COLUMN update_time timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
+
+The issue is known to affect the following MySQL server versions:
+
+ -  5.7.34 or later
+ -  8+