## Improvements

- Chef Automate now supports externally deployed PostgreSQL 13 ([#6491](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6491)).

See [our documentation](https://docs.chef.io/automate/postgres_external_upgrade) for steps on upgrading an external PostgreSQL database from 9.6 to 13.


## Maintenance

- Upgraded the embedded version of Chef Infra Server to 14.11.36 ([#6183](https://github.com/chef/automate/pull/6183))

## Chef Product Versions

This release uses:
- Chef Habitat version: 1.6.181/20201030172917
- Chef Habitat Builder version: 8997/20200812161534
- Chef Infra Server version: 14.11.36/20211227114241
- Chef InSpec version: 4.24.32/20210112215549

## Service Versions

This release uses:
- Postgres: 9.6.11
- ElasticSearch: 6.8.22
- Nginx: 1.21.3
- Haproxy: 2.2.2

View the [package manifest](https://packages.chef.io/manifests/current/automate/latest.json) for the latest release.