# Heroku Postgres 17 with the New Upgrade Process: Faster Performance, Easier Upgrade

DevFeed: [Heroku Postgres 17 with the New Upgrade Process: Faster Performance, Easier Upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/heroku-postgres-17-with-the-new-upgrade-process-faster-performance-easier-upgrade-26439.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/heroku-postgres-17-new-upgrade-process-faster-performance-easier-upgrade/>)

Author: Jonathan Brown

Published: 2025-05-29T15:32:49Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [PostgreSQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/postgresql.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/upgrade.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [database-performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database-performance.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [heroku-postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-postgres.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [performance-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance-optimization.md>), [platform-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-updates.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [sql-json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql-json.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

Heroku announces the general availability of Heroku Postgres 17 and makes a new version-upgrade method the default. The release includes query and write performance improvements, enhanced JSON support, lower vacuum memory usage, and expanded observability features.

## Source excerpt

We're excited to announce the general availability of Heroku Postgres version 17, packed with new features and enhancements to your database performance. And that's not all - we're also introducing a game-changing feature that streamlines your upgrade experience. This new method of version upgrade is now the default, so you can try it to upgrade [...] The post Heroku Postgres 17 with the New Upgrade Process: Faster Performance, Easier Upgrade appeared first on Heroku.