Amazon Aurora Adds Support for Latest PostgreSQL Minor Versions

Aurora PostgreSQL-compatible edition supports new minor versions with community fixes and Aurora enhancements.

By Nina Foster · Editorial pseudonym · 2026-09-29 · 1 min read

AI-ASSISTED REPORTING · RETROSPECTIVE ARCHIVE

Retrospective edition: 2026-09-29. Source published: 2026-09-29. Added to this archive: 2026-11-03. This briefing was prepared later from the linked announcement; it was not published on this website on the historical edition date.

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition integrated PostgreSQL versions 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, and 14.24, including community bug fixes and Amazon-specific improvements. AWS recommends customers apply these updates to mitigate vulnerabilities and exploit enhancements.

Automated minor upgrades can be enabled using scheduled maintenance windows and coordinated at scale with AWS Organizations Upgrade Rollout Policies. Aurora offers high performance and availability with global scale and serverless capabilities, supporting customer needs for compliant, resilient PostgreSQL deployments on AWS.

Source & further reading

Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL 18.6, 17.11, 16.15, 15.19, 14.24 ↗

Source published 2026-09-29. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.