diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 21f030e7..72e9bc8e 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # NAME
 
-    MySQLTuner 2.5.4 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
+    MySQLTuner 2.6.0 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
 
 # IMPORTANT USAGE GUIDELINES
 
diff --git a/mysqltuner.pl b/mysqltuner.pl
index f28a61e6..cd860460 100755
--- a/mysqltuner.pl
+++ b/mysqltuner.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env perl
-# mysqltuner.pl - Version 2.5.4
+# mysqltuner.pl - Version 2.6.0
 # High Performance MySQL Tuning Script
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2023 Jean-Marie Renouard - jmrenouard@gmail.com
 # Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Major Hayden - major@mhtx.net
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ package main;
 #use Env;
 
 # Set up a few variables for use in the script
-my $tunerversion = "2.5.4";
+my $tunerversion = "2.6.0";
 my ( @adjvars, @generalrec );
 
 # Set defaults
@@ -2438,13 +2438,12 @@ sub validate_mysql_version {
 
     prettyprint " ";
 
-    if (   mysql_version_eq(8)
-        or mysql_version_eq( 5,  7 )
+    if (   mysql_version_eq(9)
+        or mysql_version_eq(8, 4)
+				or mysql_version_eq(8, 0)
         or mysql_version_eq( 10, 5 )
         or mysql_version_eq( 10, 6 )
         or mysql_version_eq( 10, 11 )
-        or mysql_version_eq( 11, 1 )
-        or mysql_version_eq( 11, 2 )
         or mysql_version_eq( 11, 4 ) )
     {
         goodprint "Currently running supported MySQL version "
@@ -2548,7 +2547,7 @@ sub check_architecture {
     }
     elsif ( `uname` =~ /Darwin/ && `uname -m` =~ /x86_64/ ) {
 
-# Darwin gibas.local 12.5.4 Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
+# Darwin gibas.local 12.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 12.3.0: Sun Jan 6 22:37:10 PST 2013; root:xnu-2050.22.13~1/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
         $arch = 64;
         goodprint "Operating on 64-bit architecture";
     }
@@ -7439,7 +7438,7 @@ sub which {
 
 =head1 NAME
 
- MySQLTuner 2.5.4 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
+ MySQLTuner 2.6.0 - MySQL High Performance Tuning Script
 
 =head1 IMPORTANT USAGE GUIDELINES