Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Upgraded Support for Latest Minor Versions Enhances Security and Stability

Amazon RDS added support for recently released minor PostgreSQL versions, encouraging upgrades for vulnerability fixes and improvements.

By Amelia Ross · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-08-25 · 1 min read

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AWS updated Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to support minor versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, reflecting the PostgreSQL community's maintenance releases addressing security vulnerabilities and bugs. AWS recommends upgrading to these versions using automatic minor version upgrade features during scheduled maintenance to improve operational security and stability.

Amazon RDS offers orchestrated upgrade rollouts and blue/green deployments to reduce downtime when applying such upgrades at scale. This enhances database management efficiency while maintaining compatibility with existing applications.

Source & further reading

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL supports minor versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24 ↗

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