Posted On: May 7, 2025
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL versions 16.8, 15.12, 14.17 and 13.20. Please note, this release supports the versions released by the PostgreSQL community on February 20,2025 which replaces the previous February 13, 2025 release. These releases contain product improvements and bug fixes made by the PostgreSQL community, along with Aurora-specific security and feature improvements such as dynamic resizing of the allocated space for Optimized Reads-enabled temporary objects on Aurora I/O-Optimized clusters and new features for Babelfish. For more details, please refer to the release notes.
These releases are now available in the Amazon Web Services China (Beijing)Region, operated by Sinnet, and in the Amazon Web Services China (Ningxia) Region, operated by NWCD. You can initiate a minor version upgrade by modifying your DB cluster. Please review the Aurora documentation to learn more.
Amazon Aurora is designed for unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. It provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other Amazon Web Services services. To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our getting started page.