diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index f0b64a5e8..3ca2d3f68 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
       - ./db/mysql/mysql-employees.sql:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sql
 
   mssql:
-    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2017-latest
+    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
     container_name: mssql
     command: /bin/bash ./entrypoint.sh
     ports:
diff --git a/src/HappyCode.NetCoreBoilerplate.Api/Startup.cs b/src/HappyCode.NetCoreBoilerplate.Api/Startup.cs
index 775fe7d50..258a709de 100644
--- a/src/HappyCode.NetCoreBoilerplate.Api/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/HappyCode.NetCoreBoilerplate.Api/Startup.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public virtual void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
                 .AddDataAnnotations();
 
             //there is a difference between AddDbContext() and AddDbContextPool(), more info https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/ef-core-2.0#dbcontext-pooling and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48443567/adddbcontext-or-adddbcontextpool
-            services.AddDbContext<EmployeesContext>(options => options.UseMySql(_configuration.GetConnectionString("MySqlDb"), ServerVersion.Parse("8")), contextLifetime: ServiceLifetime.Transient, optionsLifetime: ServiceLifetime.Singleton);
+            services.AddDbContext<EmployeesContext>(options => options.UseMySql(_configuration.GetConnectionString("MySqlDb"), ServerVersion.Parse("8.0")), contextLifetime: ServiceLifetime.Transient, optionsLifetime: ServiceLifetime.Singleton);
             services.AddDbContextPool<CarsContext>(options => options.UseSqlServer(_configuration.GetConnectionString("MsSqlDb")), poolSize: 10);
 
             services.Configure<ApiKeySettings>(_configuration.GetSection("ApiKey"));