Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Supports Latest Minor Versions with New Performance Extension

Amazon RDS updated PostgreSQL support to include minor releases 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16, and 14.21, adding critical security fixes and introducing the pg_stat_monitor extension for unified query performance insights.

By Clara Morgan · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-02-13 · 1 min read

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These minor version upgrades address security vulnerabilities and incorporate community bug fixes, enhancing database reliability and security. The newly supported pg_stat_monitor extension provides a consolidated view of performance metrics, allowing administrators to monitor and analyze query behavior within PostgreSQL more effectively.

AWS encourages automatic minor version upgrades and orchestration through AWS Organizations Upgrade Rollout Policy and Blue/Green deployments to manage maintenance at scale while minimizing downtime. These improvements simplify operation and scaling of fully managed PostgreSQL databases on AWS.

Source & further reading

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 18.2, 17.8, 16.12, 15.16 and 14.21 ↗

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