Failed to upgrade Neo4j version from 4.4.3 to 5.2.0

[MaheshJayachan]

Neo4j version upgrade failed with below exception. The selected target store format 'AF4.3.0' (introduced in 4.3.0) is no longer supported

2023-01-16 06:07:23.263+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: apoc.export.file.enabled.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.263+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: gitlab.username.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.263+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: google.maps.api.key.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.264+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: usps.api.endpoint.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.264+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: apoc.import.file.enabled.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.264+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: usps.api.userid.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.264+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: gitlab.access.token.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.264+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: apoc.trigger.enabled.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.265+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: apoc.import.file.use_neo4j_config.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.265+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: apoc.uuid.enabled.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.265+0000 WARN Unrecognized setting. No declared setting with name: usps.api.target.
2023-01-16 06:07:23.275+0000 INFO Starting...
2023-01-16 06:07:23.815+0000 INFO This instance is ServerId{2b5901e8} (2b5901e8-24fa-4b0c-99c5-9442958a1ee1)
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
2023-01-16 06:07:24.726+0000 INFO ======== Neo4j 5.2.0 ========
2023-01-16 06:07:34.775+0000 ERROR Failed to start Neo4j on 0.0.0.0:7474.

Caused by: org.neo4j.kernel.impl.storemigration.UnableToMigrateException: The selected target store format 'AF4.3.0' (introduced in 4.3.0) is no longer supported
at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.storemigration.StoreMigrator.doUpgradeCheck(StoreMigrator.java:326) ~[neo4j-kernel-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.impl.storemigration.StoreMigrator.upgradeIfNeeded(StoreMigrator.java:195) ~[neo4j-kernel-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.database.Database.upgradeStore(Database.java:731) ~[neo4j-kernel-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.database.Database.specificStart(Database.java:383) ~[neo4j-kernel-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.database.AbstractDatabase.start(AbstractDatabase.java:156) ~[neo4j-kernel-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.dbms.database.DatabaseLifecycles.startDatabase(DatabaseLifecycles.java:119) ~[neo4j-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.dbms.database.DatabaseLifecycles$SystemDatabaseStarter.start(DatabaseLifecycles.java:142) ~[neo4j-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport$LifecycleInstance.start(LifeSupport.java:353) ~[neo4j-common-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.kernel.lifecycle.LifeSupport.start(LifeSupport.java:92) ~[neo4j-common-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
at org.neo4j.graphdb.facade.DatabaseManagementServiceFactory.startDatabaseServer(DatabaseManagementServiceFactory.java:246) ~[neo4j-5.2.0.jar:5.2.0]
... 5 more

[ameyasoft]

Post the steps you followed.

[MaheshJayachan]

I am running neo4j in docker environment.

version 4.4.3 is runing and i want to update the same to 5.x version

I have took backup of version 4.4.3

I have installed version 5.x

when i start the neo4j server i am facing these exception

Caused by: org.neo4j.kernel.impl.storemigration.UnableToMigrateException: The selected target store format 'AF4.3.0' (introduced in 4.3.0) is no longer supported

[ameyasoft]

Try the steps that I presented in this link:
https://community.neo4j.com/t5/neo4j-graph-platform/migration-from-3-5-to-4-4-11/m-p/63735#M37624