diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
index a479154ca8f..c3e7fbd9054 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_test.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql/mysql-server:5.6
+        image: mysql/mysql-server:5.7
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: leonardo-test
           MYSQL_USER: leonardo-test
diff --git a/docker/run-mysql.sh b/docker/run-mysql.sh
index 29d81d39f83..aeec2c72ced 100755
--- a/docker/run-mysql.sh
+++ b/docker/run-mysql.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# The CloudSQL console simply states "MySQL 5.6" so we may not match the minor version number
-MYSQL_VERSION=5.6
+# The CloudSQL console simply states "MySQL 5.7" so we may not match the minor version number
+MYSQL_VERSION=5.7
 start() {
 
     echo "attempting to remove old $CONTAINER container..."
diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20170901_cluster-createdDate-default.xml b/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20170901_cluster-createdDate-default.xml
index b100269e07b..c46895b651a 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20170901_cluster-createdDate-default.xml
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20170901_cluster-createdDate-default.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 <databaseChangeLog logicalFilePath="leonardo" xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog" xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-3.4.xsd">
     <changeSet logicalFilePath="leonardo" author="kumra" id="cluster-createdDate-default">
         <sql dbms="mysql">ALTER TABLE  CLUSTER
-            CHANGE createdDate createdDate TIMESTAMP(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0</sql>
+            CHANGE createdDate createdDate TIMESTAMP(6) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP(6)</sql>
     </changeSet>
 </databaseChangeLog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20171011_cluster_destroyedDate_not_null.xml b/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20171011_cluster_destroyedDate_not_null.xml
index 928b9bd3850..8bfd5283be7 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20171011_cluster_destroyedDate_not_null.xml
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/liquibase/changesets/20171011_cluster_destroyedDate_not_null.xml
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
     <changeSet logicalFilePath="leonardo" author="vkumra" id="cluster_destroyeddate_not_null">
         <addNotNullConstraint columnDataType="TIMESTAMP(6)"
                               columnName="destroyedDate"
-                              defaultNullValue="1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000"
+                              defaultNullValue="1970-01-01 00:00:01"
                               tableName="CLUSTER"/>
         <addDefaultValue columnDataType="TIMESTAMP(6)"
                          columnName="destroyedDate"
-                         defaultValue="1970-01-01 00:00:01.000000"
+                         defaultValue="1970-01-01 00:00:01"
                          tableName="CLUSTER"/>
     </changeSet>
 </databaseChangeLog>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/db/LeoProfile.scala b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/db/LeoProfile.scala
index c79ab7c9e38..0a4a8f6479b 100644
--- a/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/db/LeoProfile.scala
+++ b/http/src/main/scala/org/broadinstitute/dsde/workbench/leonardo/db/LeoProfile.scala
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ private[leonardo] object LeoProfile extends MySQLProfile {
     implicit val cloudServiceMappedColumnType: BaseColumnType[CloudService] =
       MappedColumnType
         .base[CloudService, String](_.asString, s => CloudService.withName(s))
-    // mysql 5.6 doesns't support json. Hence writing properties field as string in json format
+    // TODO: change with mysql upgrade to 5.7 (mysql 5.6 doesn't support json. Hence writing properties field as string in json format)
     implicit val mapMappedColumnType: BaseColumnType[Map[String, String]] =
       MappedColumnType
         .base[Map[String, String], String](
diff --git a/http/src/test/resources/reference.conf b/http/src/test/resources/reference.conf
index 2de180f239b..db059b77925 100644
--- a/http/src/test/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/http/src/test/resources/reference.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # -e MYSQL_USER=leonardo-test \
 # -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=leonardo-test \
 # -e MYSQL_DATABASE=leotestdb \
-# -d -p 3311:3306 mysql/mysql-server:5.6
+# -d -p 3311:3306 mysql/mysql-server:5.7
 
 application {
   leoGoogleProject = "leo-project"