diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md
index 222a4bb04..7b8e79b4b 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md
@@ -2,15 +2,25 @@
--8<-- "release-notes-intro.md"
-This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on Percona Server for PostgreSQL 18.1.1 - a binary compatible, open source drop in replacement of [PostgreSQL Community 18.1](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18.html).
+This release of Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL is based on Percona Server for PostgreSQL 18.1.1 - a binary compatible, open source drop in replacement of [PostgreSQL Community 18.1](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-1.html).
-## Release Highlights
+It introduces several major enhancements, such as:
+
+- **Parallel logical replication** for improved throughput during initial data synchronization
+- **Faster in-place upgrades** via `pg_upgrade` performance improvements
+- **Enhanced monitoring** with new statistics views for `pg_stat_io` and background writer activity
+- **Security improvements**, including expanded SSL/TLS configuration options
+- **Performance optimizations** for query execution and index management
+- Added support for **asynchronous I/O (AIO)** with PostgreSQL 18.1.1 which is now the default I/O mechanism.
-### SBOMs available for download
+These features make PostgreSQL 18 a major step forward in scalability, observability, and operational efficiency.
+
+## Release Highlights
-Percona now provides Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs) to support compliance and security audits. SBOM files are available for tarball builds.
+This release continues to deliver Percona’s open source value-add components for enterprise use cases, including `pg_stat_monitor` 2.3.1 for advanced query-level observability, `pg_tde` 2.1 for Transparent Data Encryption and more. See the full component list below for details.
-See [Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs)](../sboms.md) for the full list.
+!!! note
+ To upgrade from earlier versions (e.g. Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL 17.x), follow the steps in [Upgrading Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL](major-upgrade.md).
### Tarball updates
@@ -28,9 +38,9 @@ See [Install Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL from binary tarballs](../tarbal
### Addressed CVEs
-This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: TBA. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 18.1 release notes](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/release/18.0/).
+This release includes important security measures that address the following CVEs: CVE-2025-12817, CVE-2025-12818. For more details, see the [PostgreSQL 18.1 release notes](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/release-18-1.html).
-## Known Issue
+## Known Issues
### For minor & major upgrades (RHEL only)
@@ -44,26 +54,36 @@ Unknown Error occurred: Transaction test error:
To resolve this, remove the `percona-postgresql-common-dev` package and reinstall it with the new intended upgraded PPG/PSP server.
+## MD5 Authentication Deprecated
+
+The md5 password authentication is deprecated now and will be removed in a future release.
+
+## Supplied third-party extensions
+
+Review each extension’s release notes for What’s new, improvements, or bug fixes.
+
The following is the list of extensions available in Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL.
| Extension | Version | Description |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| [etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.21 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up highly available Patroni clusters |
+| [etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://etcd.io/) | 3.5.24 | A distributed, reliable key-value store for setting up highly available Patroni clusters |
| [python-etcd :octicons-link-external-16:](https://python-etcd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 0.4.5 | A Python client library for interacting with etcd |
-| [HAProxy :octicons-link-external-16:](http://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.15 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution |
-| [Patroni :octicons-link-external-16:](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.0.6 | A HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
-| [PgAudit :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 17.1 | A detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
-| [pgAudit set_user :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user) | 4.1.0 | Provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate roles for maintenance. |
-| [pgBackRest :octicons-link-external-16:](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.56.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
+| [HAProxy :octicons-link-external-16:](http://www.haproxy.org/) | 2.8.16 | A high-availability and load-balancing solution |
+| [Patroni :octicons-link-external-16:](https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) | 4.1.0 | A HA (High Availability) solution for PostgreSQL |
+| [PgAudit :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgaudit.org/) | 18.0 | A detailed session or object audit logging via the standard logging facility provided by PostgreSQL |
+| [pgAudit set_user :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgaudit/set_user) | 4.2.0 | Provides an additional layer of logging and control when unprivileged users must escalate roles for maintenance. |
+| [pgBackRest :octicons-link-external-16:](https://pgbackrest.org/) | 2.57.0 | A backup and restore solution for PostgreSQL |
| [pgBadger :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/darold/pgbadger) | 13.1 | A fast PostgreSQL Log Analyzer |
-| [PgBouncer :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.24.1 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
+| [PgBouncer :octicons-link-external-16:](https://www.pgbouncer.org/) | 1.25.0 | A lightweight connection pooler for PostgreSQL |
| [pg_gather :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/jobinau/pg_gather) | v31 | An SQL script for running the diagnostics of the health of a PostgreSQL cluster |
-| [pgpool2 :octicons-link-external-16:](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.6.2 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling, and load balancing |
-| [pg_repack :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.2 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
-| [pgvector :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.0 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL |
-| [PostGIS :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.3.8 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL |
-| [PostgreSQL Common :octicons-link-external-16:](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 280 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. Supports multiple PostgreSQL versions and clusters simultaneously |
+| [pgpool2 :octicons-link-external-16:](https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgpool2.git;a=summary) | 4.6.3 | A middleware between PostgreSQL server and client for high availability, connection pooling, and load balancing |
+| [pg_repack :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/reorg/pg_repack) | 1.5.3 | Rebuilds PostgreSQL database objects |
+| [pg_stat_monitor](https://github.com/percona/pg_stat_monitor) | 2.3.1 | Collects and aggregates statistics for PostgreSQL and provides histogram information. |
+| [pgvector :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector) | v0.8.1 | A vector similarity search for PostgreSQL |
+| [PostGIS :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/postgis/postgis) | 3.5.4 | A spatial extension for PostgreSQL |
+| [PostgreSQL Common :octicons-link-external-16:](https://salsa.debian.org/postgresql/postgresql-common) | 287 | PostgreSQL database-cluster manager. Supports multiple PostgreSQL versions and clusters simultaneously |
| [wal2json :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/eulerto/wal2json) | 2.6 | A PostgreSQL logical decoding JSON output plugin |
+| [pg_tde :octicons-link-external-16:](https://github.com/percona/pg_tde) | v2.1 | A PostgreSQL extension that provides Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect data at rest |
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and compatible derivatives, Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL also includes the supplemental `python3-etcd` 0.4.5 packages, which are used for setting up Patroni clusters.
diff --git a/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl b/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl
index 8eb76ee0e..d8ff62d71 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl
+++ b/docs/templates/pdf_cover_page.tpl
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
{% if config.site_description %}
{{ config.site_description }}
{% endif %}
-17.6.1 (September 10, 2025)
+18.1.1 (November 15, 2025)
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index b79f5fe0d..58e3a1a51 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ nav:
- Uninstall: uninstalling.md
- Release notes:
- "Release notes index": release-notes/release-notes.md
- - "18.0.1": release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md
+ - "18.1.1": release-notes/release-notes-v18.1.1.md
- Reference:
- Telemetry: telemetry.md
- Licensing: licensing.md