# Heroku Key-Value Store Now Supports Valkey 8.1 with JSON and Bloom Modules

DevFeed: [Heroku Key-Value Store Now Supports Valkey 8.1 with JSON and Bloom Modules](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/heroku-key-value-store-now-supports-valkey-8-1-with-json-and-bloom-modules-26436.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/heroku-key-value-store-now-supports-valkey-81-json-bloom-modules/>)

Author: Jonathan Brown

Published: 2025-07-02T15:00:03Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/heroku.md>)

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [valkey](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/valkey.md>), [Redis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/redis.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/modules.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [cost](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cost.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [heroku-key-value-store](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-key-value-store.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [key-value-store](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/key-value-store.md>), [modules](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modules.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [redis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redis.md>), [valkey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/valkey.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku announces general availability of Valkey v8.1 for Heroku Key-Value Store, adding Valkey Bloom and ValkeyJSON modules. The release includes performance, memory-efficiency, and I/O-threading improvements, with upgrade instructions and benchmark comparisons to Valkey 7.2.

## Source excerpt

We're thrilled to announce the general availability of Valkey v8.1 in Redis OSS compatible Heroku Key-Value Store. This isn't just an incremental update; it's a significant leap forward, bringing enhanced performance and greater efficiency. To add to this excitement, we're bringing powerful new module capabilities to v8.1, with Valkey Bloom and ValkeyJSON. For years, Heroku [...] The post Heroku Key-Value Store Now Supports Valkey 8.1 with JSON and Bloom Modules appeared first on Heroku.