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Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 16 end of RDS Extended Support

End of RDS Extended Support date for PostgreSQL 16 on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: 28 Feb 2032. After RDS Extended Support ends, Aurora automatically upgrades databases that are still on this major version.

Support ends 28 Feb 2032In about 5 years, 28 Feb 2032

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What breaks

End of RDS Extended Support date for this major version: 28 Feb 2032. RDS Extended Support is the paid offering that allows a database to keep running a major version past its Aurora end of standard support date. After RDS Extended Support ends, Aurora automatically upgrades the major engine version of any database that has not been upgraded to a supported version.

AWS recommends upgrading to a supported major engine version.
New major PostgreSQL versions might contain database changes that are not backward-compatible with existing applications.

Who is affected

Affected versions

16

Matching resource types

aws_rds_cluster

Fields the check reads

engine
engine_version_actual
engine_version

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What to do

Test the upgrade first by following Testing an upgrade of your production DB cluster to a new major version, so that you know your applications can run on the new version.
Manually upgrade the Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster to the new major version. See Performing a major version upgrade.
Run the upgrade during the cluster's maintenance window or when operations are minimal, because a brief outage is possible.
If an immediate switchover matters most, run the old and new clusters side by side with Amazon Aurora Blue/Green Deployments.

Replacement

Not stated by vendor.

Sources

Official sourcedocs.aws.amazon.comOfficial
Additional sourceendoflife.dateVia endoflife.date

Last checked against the first source in this list on 12 Nov 2026.

28 Feb 2027In about 4 months, 28 Feb 2027Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 14 end of standard support Source
31 Mar 2027In about 5 months, 31 Mar 2027Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 11 end of RDS Extended Support Source
29 Feb 2028In about 16 months, 29 Feb 2028Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 12 end of RDS Extended Support Source
29 Feb 2028In about 16 months, 29 Feb 2028Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 15 end of standard support Source
28 Feb 2029In about 2 years, 28 Feb 2029Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 13 end of RDS Extended Support Source
28 Feb 2029In about 2 years, 28 Feb 2029Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL: PostgreSQL 16 end of standard support Source

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