# Why Does Everyone Run Ancient Postgres Versions?

DevFeed: [Why Does Everyone Run Ancient Postgres Versions?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-does-everyone-run-ancient-postgres-versions-5857.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/why-does-everyone-run-ancient-postgres-versions>)

Author: Bryan Clark

Published: 2024-10-16T16:13:02Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>)

Tags: [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [replication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/replication.md>), [sql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sql.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses why many PostgreSQL users remain on older versions despite performance improvements, security fixes, bug fixes, and new features in later releases.

## Source excerpt

Postgres 17.0 has been out for a bit and it's awesome, but here's the reality: most Postgres users won't upgrade right away. Most probably aren't even on 16.4 or 16.anything 😱--they're probably still using Postgres 15 or an even older version. 😭 With Postgres, it's not like the...