diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-package-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-package-test.yml
index 4e71c5c3..d8942895 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-package-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-package-test.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
           - 17
           - 18
         include:
+          - TARGET_PLATFORM: almalinux,9
+            POSTGRES_VERSION: 19
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bullseye
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bookworm
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,trixie
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-package.yml b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
index d6070c9f..4097cec4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
           - 17
           - 18
         include:
+          - TARGET_PLATFORM: almalinux,9
+            POSTGRES_VERSION: 19
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bullseye
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bookworm
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,trixie
diff --git a/.github/workflows/image-health-check.yml b/.github/workflows/image-health-check.yml
index fa334ae8..c2866e08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/image-health-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/image-health-check.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ jobs:
           - 17
           - 18
         include:
+          - TARGET_PLATFORM: almalinux,9
+            POSTGRES_VERSION: 19
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bullseye
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,bookworm
           - TARGET_PLATFORM: debian,trixie
diff --git a/ci/push_images b/ci/push_images
index 363936d5..09162b60 100755
--- a/ci/push_images
+++ b/ci/push_images
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-pgversions='12 13 14 15 16 17 18'
+pgversions='12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19'
 topdir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/.."
 dockerfiles_dir="${topdir}/dockerfiles"
 
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ while read -r line; do
     if [ ! -z ${TARGET_PLATFORM} ] && [ ${line} != ${TARGET_PLATFORM} ]; then
         continue
     fi
+    if [[ "${release}" = '8' ]] && [[ "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" = '19' ]]; then
+        echo "${line} unsupported: PGDG does not publish PostgreSQL 19 packages for EL8" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
     if [[ "${os}" = 'debian' ]] || [[ "${os}" = 'ubuntu' ]]; then
         tag="${os}-${release}-all"
         args+="push citus/${image_name}:${tag}\n"
@@ -44,6 +48,10 @@ while read -r line; do
             if [ -n "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" ] && [ "${pgversion}" != "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" ] ; then
                 continue
             fi
+            if [[ "${release}" = '8' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '19' ]]; then
+                # PGDG does not publish PostgreSQL 19 packages for EL8.
+                continue
+            fi
             if { [[ "${os}" = 'centos' ]] || [[ "${os}" = 'oraclelinux' ]]; } && \
                  [[ "${release}" = '6' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '13' ]]; then
                 # CentOS and OracleLinux 6 doesn't have pg13 packages yet.
diff --git a/dockerfiles/almalinux-9-pg19/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/almalinux-9-pg19/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce84118f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockerfiles/almalinux-9-pg19/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+# vim:set ft=dockerfile:
+FROM almalinux:9
+RUN [[ almalinux != centos ]] || [[ 9 != 8 ]] || ( \
+    cd /etc/yum.repos.d/ && sed -i 's/mirrorlist/#mirrorlist/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* \
+    && sed -i 's|#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org|baseurl=http://vault.epel.cloud|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-* \
+    )
+
+RUN yum -y update
+
+RUN  [[ almalinux != centos ]] || [[ 9 != 8 ]] || ( \
+    dnf install epel-release -y && \
+    dnf install dnf-plugins-core -y && \
+    dnf install epel-release -y && \
+    dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
+    dnf install -y perl-IPC-Run \
+    )
+
+RUN  [[ almalinux != almalinux ]] || [[ 9 != 8 ]] || ( \
+    dnf install epel-release -y && \
+    dnf install dnf-plugins-core -y && \
+    dnf install epel-release -y && \
+    dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
+    dnf install -y perl-IPC-Run \
+    )
+
+RUN  [[ almalinux != oraclelinux ]] || [[ 9 != 8 ]] || ( \
+    curl -sO  https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/perl-IO-Tty-1.12-11.el8.x86_64.rpm && \
+    curl -sO  https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/x86_64/os/Packages/perl-IPC-Run-0.99-1.el8.noarch.rpm && \
+    dnf install perl-IO-Tty-1.12-11.el8.x86_64.rpm -y  && \
+    dnf install perl-IPC-Run-0.99-1.el8.noarch.rpm -y && \
+    rm -f perl-IPC-Run-0.99-1.el8.noarch.rpm && \
+    rm -f perl-IO-Tty-1.12-11.el8.x86_64.rpm \
+    )
+
+RUN  [[ almalinux != almalinux ]] || [[ 9 != 9 ]] || ( \
+    dnf install epel-release -y && \
+    dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core && \
+    dnf config-manager --enable epel && \
+    dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb && \
+    dnf install -y perl-IPC-Run \
+    )
+
+# FIXME: Hack around docker/docker#10180
+RUN ( yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl || yum install -y yum-plugin-ovl || touch /var/lib/rpm/* ) \
+    && yum clean all
+
+# Enable some other repos for some dependencies in OL/7 
+# see https://yum.oracle.com/getting-started.html#installing-from-oracle-linux-yum-server
+RUN [[ almalinux != oraclelinux ]] || [[ 9 != 7 ]] || ( \
+       yum install -y oraclelinux-release-el7 oracle-softwarecollection-release-el7 oracle-epel-release-el7  oraclelinux-developer-release-el7 \
+       && yum-config-manager --enable \
+            ol7_software_collections \
+            ol7_developer \
+            ol7_developer_EPEL \
+            ol7_optional_latest \
+            ol7_optional_archive \
+            ol7_u9_base \
+            ol7_security_validation \
+            ol7_addons \
+         )
+
+# lz4 1.8 is preloaded in oracle 7 however, lz4-devel is not loaded and only 1.7.5 version exists
+# in oracle 7 repos. So package from centos repo was used
+# There is no package in oracle repos for lz4. Also it is not preloaded. So both lz4 and lz4-devel packages
+# were downloaded from centos el/6 repos
+RUN if [[ almalinux   == oraclelinux ]] && [[ 9 == 7 ]]; then yum install -y wget \
+        && wget http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/os/x86_64/Packages/lz4-devel-1.8.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm \
+        && rpm -ivh lz4-devel-1.8.3-1.el7.x86_64.rpm ; \
+        elif [[ almalinux   == oraclelinux ]] && [[ 9 == 6 ]]; then yum install -y wget \
+        && wget https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/lz4/r131/1.el6/x86_64/lz4-r131-1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
+        && rpm -ivh lz4-r131-1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
+        && wget https://cbs.centos.org/kojifiles/packages/lz4/r131/1.el6/x86_64/lz4-devel-r131-1.el6.x86_64.rpm \
+        && rpm -ivh lz4-devel-r131-1.el6.x86_64.rpm;  \
+        else yum install -y lz4 lz4-devel; fi
+
+# install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
+RUN ( yum install -y https://download.postgresql.org/pub/repos/yum/reporpms/EL-9-x86_64/pgdg-redhat-repo-latest.noarch.rpm  \
+    && ( [[ 19 != 19 ]] || sed -i '/\[pgdg19-updates-testing\]/{n;n;n;s/.*/enabled=1/}' /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo ) \
+    && [[ -z "epel-release" ]] || yum install -y epel-release) \
+    && yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' \
+    && yum install -y \
+        bzip2-devel \
+        libffi-devel \
+        xz-devel \
+        flex \
+        gcc-c++ \
+        hunspell-en \
+        libcurl-devel \
+        libicu-devel \
+        libstdc++-devel \
+        libxml2-devel \
+        libxslt-devel \
+        openssl-devel \
+        pam-devel \
+        readline-devel \
+        rpm-build \
+        rpmlint \
+        tar \
+        libzstd \
+        libzstd-devel \
+        llvm-toolset ccache rpmdevtools krb5-devel \
+    && ( [[ 9 != 8 ]] || dnf -qy module disable postgresql ) \
+    && yum install -y postgresql19-server postgresql19-devel \
+    && yum clean all
+
+# install jq to process JSON API responses
+RUN curl -sL https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-linux64 \
+         -o /usr/bin/jq \
+    && chmod +x /usr/bin/jq
+
+# install devtoolset-8-gcc on distros where it is available
+RUN { \
+        { yum search devtoolset-8-gcc 2>&1 | grep 'No matches found' ; } \
+        || yum install -y devtoolset-8-gcc devtoolset-8-libstdc++-devel; \
+    } \
+    && yum clean all
+
+# install sphinx on distros with python3
+RUN { \
+        { yum search python3-pip 2>&1 | grep 'No matches found' ; } \
+        || { \
+            yum install -y python3-pip && \
+            pip3 install sphinx==1.8 \
+            ; \
+        } \
+    } \
+    && yum clean all
+
+# install cmake, devtoolset and its dependencies to build azure sdk
+RUN yum -y install  perl-IPC-Cmd libuuid-devel cmake3
+
+# by default git 1.8.x is being installed in centos 7
+# Git 2.7.1 is minimum requirement for cmake so we remove and reinstall latests git from an up-to-date repo
+# Symbolic link is not being created for cmake from cmake3 by default. Therefore, we need to create the link as well.
+# devtoolset-8-gcc-c++ is required to compile azure sdk in pg azure storage project
+RUN [[ almalinux != centos ]] || [[ 9 != 7 ]] || ( \
+    yum -y install  perl-IPC-Cmd libuuid-devel cmake3 && \
+    ln -s /usr/bin/cmake3 /usr/bin/cmake  && \
+    yum -y remove git && \
+    yum -y install https://packages.endpointdev.com/rhel/7/os/x86_64/endpoint-repo.x86_64.rpm && \
+    yum -y install git && \
+    yum -y install  devtoolset-8-gcc-c++ && scl enable devtoolset-8 bash && \
+    yum -y install llvm-toolset-7 && \
+    yum clean all \
+    )
+
+# install python 3.8 to be able to execute tools scripts
+ARG PYTHON_VERSION=3.8.16
+RUN set -ex \
+    && curl -L https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-installer/raw/master/bin/pyenv-installer | bash \
+    && export PATH="$HOME/.pyenv/bin:$PATH" \
+    && pyenv update \
+    && pyenv install $PYTHON_VERSION \
+    && pyenv global $PYTHON_VERSION \
+    && pyenv rehash \
+    && echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"' >> ~/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc \
+    && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
+
+# install llvm-toolset-7 to be able to install clang 5.0
+# clang 5.0 is required to build pg_azure_storage project
+ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rh/llvm-toolset-7/root/usr/lib64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+ENV PATH=/opt/rh/llvm-toolset-7/root/usr/bin:$PATH
+
+RUN touch /rpmlintrc \
+    && echo '%_build_pkgcheck %{_bindir}/rpmlint -f /rpmlintrc' >> /etc/rpm/macros
+
+# set PostgreSQL version, place scripts on path, and declare output volume
+ENV PGVERSION=19 \
+    PATH=/scripts:$PATH
+COPY scripts /scripts
+VOLUME /packages
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/scripts/fetch_and_build_rpm"]
diff --git a/dockerfiles/debian-bookworm-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/debian-bookworm-all/Dockerfile
index e9e56b73..cb0089ec 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/debian-bookworm-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/debian-bookworm-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ debian != debian ] || [ bookworm != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bookworm-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bookworm-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bookworm-pgdg main' > /et
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/dockerfiles/debian-bullseye-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/debian-bullseye-all/Dockerfile
index 9ca53ceb..7f1e225a 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/debian-bullseye-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/debian-bullseye-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ debian != debian ] || [ bullseye != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bullseye-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bullseye-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ bullseye-pgdg main' > /et
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/dockerfiles/debian-trixie-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/debian-trixie-all/Dockerfile
index fc1215ef..0fed394e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/debian-trixie-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/debian-trixie-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ debian != debian ] || [ trixie != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trixie-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trixie-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ trixie-pgdg main' > /etc/
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-jammy-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-jammy-all/Dockerfile
index 02306314..cad6b08f 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-jammy-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-jammy-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ ubuntu != debian ] || [ jammy != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ jammy-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ jammy-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ jammy-pgdg main' > /etc/a
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-noble-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-noble-all/Dockerfile
index e65f225b..38d09275 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-noble-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-noble-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ ubuntu != debian ] || [ noble != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ noble-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ noble-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ noble-pgdg main' > /etc/a
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-resolute-all/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-resolute-all/Dockerfile
index 6dea218f..d8ca586f 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/ubuntu-resolute-all/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/ubuntu-resolute-all/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ ubuntu != debian ] || [ resolute != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ resolute-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ resolute-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ resolute-pgdg main' > /et
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/templates/Dockerfile-deb.tmpl b/templates/Dockerfile-deb.tmpl
index c616a40d..3a718e85 100644
--- a/templates/Dockerfile-deb.tmpl
+++ b/templates/Dockerfile-deb.tmpl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RUN ( [ %%os%% != debian ] || [ %%release%% != buster ] ) || ( \
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 
-RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ %%release%%-pgdg main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
+RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ %%release%%-pgdg main 19' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list \
     && apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         autotools-dev \
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ RUN echo 'deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ %%release%%-pgdg main' >
         libxslt-dev \
         lintian \
         postgresql-server-dev-all \
-        postgresql-server-dev-18 \
+        postgresql-server-dev-19 \
         wget \
         zlib1g-dev \
         python3-pip \
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ RUN set -ex \
     && echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
 
 
-# Added for pg18  package support.
-ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18"
+# Added for pg19 beta package support.
+ENV DEB_PG_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS="14 15 16 17 18 19"
 
 # place scripts on path and declare output volume
 ENV PATH /scripts:$PATH
diff --git a/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl b/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
index 2d99d78c..5ab2de7e 100644
--- a/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
+++ b/templates/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ RUN if [[ %%os%%   == oraclelinux ]] && [[ %%release%% == 7 ]]; then yum install
 
 # install build tools and PostgreSQL development files
 RUN ( yum install -y https://%%rpm_url%%  \
+    && ( [[ %%pgshort%% != 19 ]] || sed -i '/\[pgdg19-updates-testing\]/{n;n;n;s/.*/enabled=1/}' /etc/yum.repos.d/pgdg-redhat-all.repo ) \
     && [[ -z "%%extra-repositories%%" ]] || yum install -y %%extra-repositories%%) \
     && yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' \
     && yum install -y \
diff --git a/update_dockerfiles b/update_dockerfiles
index 791c3a6b..aff205c8 100755
--- a/update_dockerfiles
+++ b/update_dockerfiles
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-pgversions='14 15 16 17 18'
+pgversions='14 15 16 17 18 19'
 topdir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 dockerfiles_dir="${topdir}/dockerfiles"
 templates_dir="${topdir}"/templates
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ function update_rpm_dockerfile {
     mkdir -p "${target_subdir}"
 
     template="${templates_dir}"/Dockerfile-rpm.tmpl
-    sed "$sed_cmd; s#%%rpm_url%%#${rpm_url}#g; s/%%pgshort%%/${pgshort}/g; s/%%pgversion%%/${pgversion}/g" \
+    pg19_sed_cmd=''
+    if [[ "${pgversion}" != '19' ]]; then
+        pg19_sed_cmd='/pgdg19-updates-testing/d;'
+    fi
+    sed "$sed_cmd; ${pg19_sed_cmd} s#%%rpm_url%%#${rpm_url}#g; s/%%pgshort%%/${pgshort}/g; s/%%pgversion%%/${pgversion}/g" \
         "${template}" > "${target_subdir}/Dockerfile"
 
 
@@ -92,6 +96,10 @@ while read -r line; do
         # redhat variants need a Dockerfile for each PostgreSQL version
         IFS=' '
         for pgversion in ${pgversions}; do
+            if [[ "${release}" = '8' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '19' ]]; then
+                # PGDG does not publish PostgreSQL 19 packages for EL8.
+                continue
+            fi
             if { [[ "${os}" = 'centos' ]] || [[ "${os}" = 'oraclelinux' ]]; } && \
                  [[ "${release}" = '6' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '13' ]]; then
                 # CentOS and OracleLinux 6 doesn't have pg13 packages yet.
diff --git a/update_image b/update_image
index 79446e50..950cf736 100755
--- a/update_image
+++ b/update_image
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
 
-pgversions='14 15 16 17 18'
+pgversions='14 15 16 17 18 19'
 topdir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 dockerfiles_dir="${topdir}/dockerfiles"
 
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ fi
 
 IFS=',' read -r os release <<< "${TARGET_PLATFORM}"
 
+if [[ "${release}" = '8' ]] && [[ "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" = '19' ]]; then
+    echo "${TARGET_PLATFORM} unsupported: PGDG does not publish PostgreSQL 19 packages for EL8" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 if [[ "${os},${release}" =~ ^ubuntu,(focal|bionic)$ ]]; then
     echo "${TARGET_PLATFORM} unsupported: PGDG apt repo for ${release} is no longer available" >&2
     exit 1
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ elif [[ "${os}" = 'centos' ]] || [[ "${os}" = 'oraclelinux' ]] || [[ "${os}" = '
         if [ -n "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" ] && [ "${pgversion}" != "${POSTGRES_VERSION}" ] ; then
             continue
         fi
+        if [[ "${release}" = '8' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '19' ]]; then
+            # PGDG does not publish PostgreSQL 19 packages for EL8.
+            continue
+        fi
         if { [[ "${os}" = 'centos' ]] || [[ "${os}" = 'oraclelinux' ]]; } && \
              [[ "${release}" = '6' ]] && [[ "${pgversion}" = '13' ]]; then
             # CentOS and OracleLinux 6 doesn't have pg13 packages yet.