# Heroku Postgres Upgrade Guide: Simplify Your Move to Version 17

DevFeed: [Heroku Postgres Upgrade Guide: Simplify Your Move to Version 17](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/heroku-postgres-upgrade-guide-simplify-your-move-to-version-17-26441.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.heroku.com/blog/heroku-postgres-upgrade-guide-simplify-move-version-17/>)

Author: Kavya Premkumar

Published: 2025-05-29T15:30:32Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/heroku.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/upgrade.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [maintenance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintenance.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backups.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [backups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backups.md>), [bug-fixes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-fixes.md>), [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [compatibility](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compatibility.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [heroku](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku.md>), [heroku-postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/heroku-postgres.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [platform-updates](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-updates.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

This guide explains why Heroku Postgres databases should be upgraded and introduces the simplified process for moving to Postgres 17 on Heroku. It covers security updates, bug fixes, performance improvements, new features, compatibility, and Heroku's version-support lifecycle.

## Source excerpt

If you've ever deployed an app on Heroku, chances are you've used Heroku Postgres -- our fully managed, reliable, and scalable Postgres database service. It's the backbone for millions of applications, from weekend side projects to enterprise-grade systems running in production. But Postgres, like all software, continues to evolve. With new versions released each year, [...] The post Heroku Postgres Upgrade Guide: Simplify Your Move to Version 17 appeared first on Heroku.