File Content: index.md --- description: Upgrade to Grafana v8.1 keywords: - grafana - configuration - documentation - upgrade labels: products: - enterprise - oss menutitle: Upgrade to v8.1 title: Upgrade to Grafana v8.1 weight: 2800 --- # Upgrade to Grafana v8.1 {{< docs/shared lookup="upgrade/intro.md" source="grafana" version="<GRAFANA VERSION>" >}} {{< docs/shared lookup="back-up/back-up-grafana.md" source="grafana" version="<GRAFANA VERSION>" leveloffset="+1" >}} {{< docs/shared lookup="upgrade/upgrade-common-tasks.md" source="grafana" version="<GRAFANA VERSION>" >}} ## Technical notes This section describes technical changes associated with this release of Grafana. ### Use of unencrypted passwords for data sources no longer supported As of Grafana v8.1, we no longer support unencrypted storage of passwords and basic auth passwords. {{% admonition type="note" %}} Since Grafana v6.2, new or updated data sources store passwords and basic auth passwords encrypted. However, unencrypted passwords and basic auth passwords were also allowed. {{% /admonition %}} To migrate to encrypted storage, use a `grafana-cli` command to migrate all of your data sources to use encrypted storage of secrets. See [migrate data and encrypt passwords](../../cli/#migrate-data-and-encrypt-passwords) for further instructions. Submit