September 25, 2025: PostgreSQL 18 Released!

PostgreSQL: The World's Most Advanced Open Source Relational Database

Download New to PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL Elephant Logo

New to PostgreSQL?

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

There is a wealth of information to be found describing how to install and use PostgreSQL through the official documentation. The open source community provides many helpful places to become familiar with PostgreSQL, discover how it works, and find career opportunities. Learn more on how to engage with the community.

Latest Releases

2025-09-25 - PostgreSQL 18 Released!

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of PostgreSQL 18, the latest version of the world's most advanced open source database.

PostgreSQL 18 improves performance for workloads of all sizes through a new I/O subsystem that has demonstrated up to 3× performance improvements when reading from storage, and also increases the number of queries that can use indexes. This release makes major-version upgrades less disruptive, accelerating upgrade times and reducing the time required to reach expected performance after an upgrade completes. Developers also benefit from PostgreSQL 18 features, including virtual generated columns that compute values at query time, and the database-friendly uuidv7() function that provides better indexing and read performance for UUIDs. PostgreSQL 18 makes it easier to integrate with single-sign on (SSO) systems with support for OAuth 2.0 authentication.

For the full list of features in PostgreSQL 18, please review the release notes. You can download PostgreSQL 18 from the download page.

For the full press release and translations of the release announcement, please visit the press kit.

  • 18.0 · 2025-09-25 · Notes
  • 17.6 · 2025-08-14 · Notes
  • 16.10 · 2025-08-14 · Notes
  • 15.14 · 2025-08-14 · Notes
  • 14.19 · 2025-08-14 · Notes
  • 13.22 · 2025-08-14 · Notes

Upcoming Events

PostgreSQL Community Event indicates that an event is recognised under the community event guidelines and is directly helping the PostgreSQL community.

Mailing Lists

The PostgreSQL mailing lists enable you to interact with active community participants on subjects related to the development of PostgreSQL, discovering how to use PostgreSQL, or learning about upcoming events and product releases.

In order to manage your mailing list subscription, you need a PostgreSQL community account. Signing up is easy and gives you direct access to the global PostgreSQL community.

Learning Opportunities Ahead

Want to learn more about PostgreSQL and help build the community? Come to one of the many events, local user groups, & training sessions where you can meet experienced PostgreSQL users and enhance your database skills.

Latest News

PostgreSQL 18 Released!

  •  2025-09-25

The PostgreSQL Global Development Group today announced the release of PostgreSQL 18, the latest version of the world's most advanced open source database.

PostgreSQL 18 improves performance for workloads of all sizes through a new I/O subsystem that has demonstrated up to 3× performance improvements when reading from storage, and also increases the number of queries that can use indexes. This release makes major-version upgrades less disruptive, accelerating upgrade times and reducing the time required to reach expected performance after an upgrade completes. Developers also benefit from PostgreSQL 18 features, including virtual generated columns that compute values at query time, and the database-friendly uuidv7() function that provides better indexing and read performance for UUIDs. PostgreSQL 18 makes it easier to integrate with single-sign on (SSO) systems with support for OAuth 2.0 authentication.

"The efforts of the global open source community shape every PostgreSQL release and help deliver features that meet users where their data resides," said Jonathan Katz, a member of the PostgreSQL core team. "PostgreSQL 18 builds on the project's long, rich history of delivering a reliable and robust data management experience, while continuing to expand the workloads it can support."

PostgreSQL, an innovative data management system known for its reliability, robustness, and extensibility, benefits from nearly 30 years of open source development from a global developer community and has become the preferred open source relational database for organizations of all sizes.

PLANET POSTGRESQL

Contributions for the week 38

  •  Floor Drees
  •  2025-09-25

Postgres 18: OLD and NEW Rows in the RETURNING Clause

  •  Brandur Leach
  •  2025-09-25

PGDay Lowlands 2025 and Getting Postgres to the Next Level

  •  Jimmy Angelakos
  •  2025-09-25

What are SLRUs and Multixacts in Postgres? What can go wrong?

  •  Andrew Atkinson
  •  2025-09-25

PostgreSQL: "UPDATE … RETURNING" made even better

  •  Hans-Juergen Schoenig
  •  2025-09-25

PostgreSQL 18: part 5 or CommitFest 2025-03

  •  Pavel Luzanov
  •  2025-09-25

Tuning AIO in PostgreSQL 18

  •  Tomas Vondra
  •  2025-09-24

Parallel Apply of Large Transactions

  •  Amit Kapila
  •  2025-09-24

The CYBERTEC Rubik’s Cube Get-Together 2025

  •  Cornelia Biacsics
  •  2025-09-24

Seeing unexpected behavior?

The PostgreSQL community takes pride in releasing software that reliably stores your data. If you believe you've discovered a bug, please click the button below and follow the instructions on how to submit a bug.