Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 18 is supported until February 28, 2031, its end-of-support date. The next Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL version to reach end of life is 14, on February 28, 2027. 3 of 8 tracked Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, 13, did so on February 28, 2026. The full Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
Running an EOL version? Get matched with support options — free ↓| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Extended Support | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 11.21 | Oct 18, 2018 | Feb 29, 2024 | Mar 31, 2027 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
937 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.22 | Nov 14, 2019 | Feb 28, 2025 | Feb 29, 2028 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
572 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.23 | Sep 24, 2020 | Feb 28, 2026 | Feb 28, 2029 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
207 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.23 | Sep 30, 2021 | Feb 28, 2027 | Feb 28, 2030 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
158 days remaining | Warning |
| 15 | 15.18 | Nov 10, 2022 | Feb 29, 2028 | Feb 28, 2031 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
524 days remaining | Active |
| 16 | 16.14 | Sep 14, 2023 | Feb 28, 2029 | Feb 28, 2032 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
889 days remaining | Active |
| 17 | 17.10 | Feb 20, 2025 | Feb 28, 2030 | Feb 28, 2033 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
1254 days remaining | Active |
| 18 | 18.4 | Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 28, 2031 | Feb 28, 2034 Amazon RDS Extended Support |
1619 days remaining | Active |
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Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL release and support pattern
Across the 8 release lines with a published release date, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL has shipped a new line roughly every 1 year (median interval). A line typically stays in standard support for about 5.3 years from its release to its standard-support end date.
Of the 8 release lines tracked, 3 are past end of life and 5 are still within support. The newest line, 18, was released February 26, 2026. The next scheduled end of life is 14 on February 28, 2027 — 157 days from this build. The longest-supported line currently published is 18, to February 28, 2031. Upstream also publishes an extended-support phase for 8 lines, shown in the table above.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
What does Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Your options when Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Buy extended support | Migration is genuinely underway but cannot finish before the deadline, or the workload is frozen by certification or a third-party application | A bridge, not a destination — every year purchased is a year the migration still has to happen |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
Formalizing decisions like this across your estate? Our free EOL policy template is a ready-to-adopt policy with risk tiers, remediation SLAs, and audit mapping — no signup, free to use and share.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL has 3 versions past end of life — security patches have stopped, but CVE disclosures haven't. Extended support past the official date exists for many products in this position — whether it exists for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL is exactly what we check. Tell us where to reach you and we'll reply with matched options and pricing guidance — or an honest "no vendor covers this."