Amazon Aurora Supports PostgreSQL 9.6.22, 10.17, 11.12, and 12.7

Following the announcement of updates to the [PostgreSQL database](https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/postgresql-133-127-1112-1017-and-9622-released-2210/) by the open source community, we have updated [Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition](/rds/aurora/) to support PostgreSQL versions 9.6.22, 10.17, 11.12, and 12.7\. These releases contain bug fixes and improvements by the PostgreSQL community. As a reminder, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 9.6 will reach end of life on January 31, 2022\. Minor version 9.6.22 is limited to upgrades for clusters already running Aurora PostgreSQL 9.6. You can initiate a minor version upgrade manually by modifying your DB cluster, or you can enable the “Auto minor version upgrade” option when creating or modifying a DB cluster. Doing so means that your DB cluster is automatically upgraded after AWS tests and approves the new version. For more details, see [Automatic Minor Version Upgrades for PostgreSQL](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/USER%5FUpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.html#USER%5FUpgradeDBInstance.PostgreSQL.Minor). Please review the [Aurora documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/AuroraPostgreSQL.Updates.20180305.html) to learn more. [Amazon Aurora](/rds/aurora/) combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to three times better performance than the typical PostgreSQL database, together with increased scalability, durability, and security. For more information, please visit the [Amazon Aurora product page](/rds/aurora/). To get started with Amazon Aurora, take a look at our [getting started page](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/CHAP%5FGettingStartedAurora.html).