--- title: Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal... description: Learn how to upgrade a Postgres Aurora DB from v10 to v13 with minimal downtime using native replication and a blue/green deploy approach. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal downtime | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to upgrade a Postgres Aurora DB from v10 to v13 with minimal downtime using native replication and a blue/green deploy approach. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oopRKyTPp.png og:image:alt: Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal downtime og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal downtime **[Lyft Engineering](https://daily.dev/sources/lyfteng)** · 11 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to upgrade a Postgres Aurora DB from v10 to v13 with minimal downtime using native replication and a blue/green deploy approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#aurora](https://daily.dev/tags/aurora) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal downtime","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp"},"datePublished":"2024-03-11T20:03:50.508Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"Learn how to upgrade a Postgres Aurora DB from v10 to v13 with minimal downtime using native replication and a blue/green deploy approach.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/58ce1fa849114e5a14386e0a9622eaa4?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/58ce1fa849114e5a14386e0a9622eaa4?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Lyft Engineering","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Lyft Engineering","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/9573035416ea49d7a63042fbe1dd55d7","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lyfteng"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgres-aurora-db-major-version-upgrade-with-minimal-downtime-ooprkytpp","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"postgresql,aurora","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lyft Engineering","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lyfteng"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Postgres Aurora DB major version upgrade with minimal downtime"}]} ```