diff --git a/session/bootstrap.go b/session/bootstrap.go
index 6f16db51a0ad6..e44a90e43b0e4 100644
--- a/session/bootstrap.go
+++ b/session/bootstrap.go
@@ -528,11 +528,23 @@ const (
 	version77 = 77
 	// version78 updates mysql.stats_buckets.lower_bound, mysql.stats_buckets.upper_bound and mysql.stats_histograms.last_analyze_pos from BLOB to LONGBLOB.
 	version78 = 78
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+	// version79 adds the mysql.table_cache_meta table
+	version79 = 79
+	// version80 fixes the issue https://github.com/pingcap/tidb/issues/25422.
+	// If the TiDB upgrading from the 4.x to a newer version, we keep the tidb_analyze_version to 1.
+	version80 = 80
+>>>>>>> d660e483c... sessionctx: fix the value of analyze_version when upgrading 4.x to 5.… (#30743)
 )
 
 // currentBootstrapVersion is defined as a variable, so we can modify its value for testing.
 // please make sure this is the largest version
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 var currentBootstrapVersion int64 = version78
+=======
+var currentBootstrapVersion int64 = version80
+>>>>>>> d660e483c... sessionctx: fix the value of analyze_version when upgrading 4.x to 5.… (#30743)
 
 var (
 	bootstrapVersion = []func(Session, int64){
@@ -614,6 +626,11 @@ var (
 		upgradeToVer76,
 		upgradeToVer77,
 		upgradeToVer78,
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+		upgradeToVer79,
+		upgradeToVer80,
+>>>>>>> d660e483c... sessionctx: fix the value of analyze_version when upgrading 4.x to 5.… (#30743)
 	}
 )
 
@@ -1612,6 +1629,37 @@ func upgradeToVer78(s Session, ver int64) {
 	doReentrantDDL(s, "ALTER TABLE mysql.stats_histograms MODIFY last_analyze_pos LONGBLOB DEFAULT NULL")
 }
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+func upgradeToVer79(s Session, ver int64) {
+	if ver >= version79 {
+		return
+	}
+	doReentrantDDL(s, CreateTableCacheMetaTable)
+}
+
+func upgradeToVer80(s Session, ver int64) {
+	if ver >= version80 {
+		return
+	}
+	// Check if tidb_analyze_version exists in mysql.GLOBAL_VARIABLES.
+	// If not, insert "tidb_analyze_version | 1" since this is the old behavior before we introduce this variable.
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	rs, err := s.ExecuteInternal(ctx, "SELECT VARIABLE_VALUE FROM %n.%n WHERE VARIABLE_NAME=%?;",
+		mysql.SystemDB, mysql.GlobalVariablesTable, variable.TiDBAnalyzeVersion)
+	terror.MustNil(err)
+	req := rs.NewChunk(nil)
+	err = rs.Next(ctx, req)
+	terror.MustNil(err)
+	if req.NumRows() != 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	mustExecute(s, "INSERT HIGH_PRIORITY IGNORE INTO %n.%n VALUES (%?, %?);",
+		mysql.SystemDB, mysql.GlobalVariablesTable, variable.TiDBAnalyzeVersion, 1)
+}
+
+>>>>>>> d660e483c... sessionctx: fix the value of analyze_version when upgrading 4.x to 5.… (#30743)
 func writeOOMAction(s Session) {
 	comment := "oom-action is `log` by default in v3.0.x, `cancel` by default in v4.0.11+"
 	mustExecute(s, `INSERT HIGH_PRIORITY INTO %n.%n VALUES (%?, %?, %?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE VARIABLE_VALUE= %?`,
diff --git a/session/bootstrap_serial_test.go b/session/bootstrap_serial_test.go
index d0e5094e6d4ee..f4cb820e48d90 100644
--- a/session/bootstrap_serial_test.go
+++ b/session/bootstrap_serial_test.go
@@ -879,3 +879,52 @@ func TestReferencesPrivilegeOnColumn(t *testing.T) {
 	mustExec(t, se, "create table t1 (a int)")
 	mustExec(t, se, "GRANT select (a), update (a),insert(a), references(a) on t1 to issue28531")
 }
+
+func TestAnalyzeVersionUpgradeFrom300To500(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	store, _ := createStoreAndBootstrap(t)
+	defer func() { require.NoError(t, store.Close()) }()
+
+	// Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 5.1+ or above.
+	ver300 := 33
+	seV3 := createSessionAndSetID(t, store)
+	txn, err := store.Begin()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	m := meta.NewMeta(txn)
+	err = m.FinishBootstrap(int64(ver300))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = txn.Commit(context.Background())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	mustExec(t, seV3, fmt.Sprintf("update mysql.tidb set variable_value=%d where variable_name='tidb_server_version'", ver300))
+	mustExec(t, seV3, fmt.Sprintf("delete from mysql.GLOBAL_VARIABLES where variable_name='%s'", variable.TiDBAnalyzeVersion))
+	mustExec(t, seV3, "commit")
+	unsetStoreBootstrapped(store.UUID())
+	ver, err := getBootstrapVersion(seV3)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, int64(ver300), ver)
+
+	// We are now in 3.0.0, check tidb_analyze_version should not exist.
+	res := mustExec(t, seV3, fmt.Sprintf("select * from mysql.GLOBAL_VARIABLES where variable_name='%s'", variable.TiDBAnalyzeVersion))
+	chk := res.NewChunk(nil)
+	err = res.Next(ctx, chk)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 0, chk.NumRows())
+
+	domCurVer, err := BootstrapSession(store)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer domCurVer.Close()
+	seCurVer := createSessionAndSetID(t, store)
+	ver, err = getBootstrapVersion(seCurVer)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, currentBootstrapVersion, ver)
+
+	// We are now in version no lower than 5.x, tidb_enable_index_merge should be 1.
+	res = mustExec(t, seCurVer, "select @@tidb_analyze_version")
+	chk = res.NewChunk(nil)
+	err = res.Next(ctx, chk)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, chk.NumRows())
+	row := chk.GetRow(0)
+	require.Equal(t, 1, row.Len())
+	require.Equal(t, "1", row.GetString(0))
+}