diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
index 5b2dbff13..b8138a945 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from typing import Any, Iterator, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
-from psycopg import Connection, Cursor, Pipeline
-from psycopg.errors import NotSupportedError, UndefinedTable
+from psycopg import Capabilities, Connection, Cursor, Pipeline
+from psycopg.errors import UndefinedTable
 from psycopg.rows import DictRow, dict_row
 from psycopg.types.json import Jsonb
 from psycopg_pool import ConnectionPool
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.conn = conn
         self.pipe = pipe
         self.lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.supports_pipeline = Capabilities().has_pipeline()
 
     @classmethod
     @contextmanager
@@ -363,16 +364,6 @@ def put_writes(
                 ),
             )
 
-    def _check_pipeline_support(self, conn: Connection[DictRow]) -> None:
-        if self.supports_pipeline is not None:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            with conn.pipeline():
-                self.supports_pipeline = True
-        except NotSupportedError:
-            self.supports_pipeline = False
-
     @contextmanager
     def _cursor(self, *, pipeline: bool = False) -> Iterator[Cursor[DictRow]]:
         """Create a database cursor as a context manager.
@@ -394,7 +385,6 @@ def _cursor(self, *, pipeline: bool = False) -> Iterator[Cursor[DictRow]]:
                     if pipeline:
                         self.pipe.sync()
             elif pipeline:
-                self._check_pipeline_support(conn)
                 # a connection not in pipeline mode can only be used by one
                 # thread/coroutine at a time, so we acquire a lock
                 if self.supports_pipeline:
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
index 4440e2807..5b67e4ca9 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from typing import Any, AsyncIterator, Iterator, Optional, Sequence, Union
 
 from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
-from psycopg import AsyncConnection, AsyncCursor, AsyncPipeline
-from psycopg.errors import NotSupportedError, UndefinedTable
+from psycopg import AsyncConnection, AsyncCursor, AsyncPipeline, Capabilities
+from psycopg.errors import UndefinedTable
 from psycopg.rows import DictRow, dict_row
 from psycopg.types.json import Jsonb
 from psycopg_pool import AsyncConnectionPool
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.pipe = pipe
         self.lock = asyncio.Lock()
         self.loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+        self.supports_pipeline = Capabilities().has_pipeline()
 
     @classmethod
     @asynccontextmanager
@@ -319,16 +320,6 @@ async def aput_writes(
         async with self._cursor(pipeline=True) as cur:
             await cur.executemany(query, params)
 
-    async def _check_pipeline_support(self, conn: AsyncConnection[DictRow]) -> None:
-        if self.supports_pipeline is not None:
-            return
-
-        try:
-            async with conn.pipeline():
-                self.supports_pipeline = True
-        except NotSupportedError:
-            self.supports_pipeline = False
-
     @asynccontextmanager
     async def _cursor(
         self, *, pipeline: bool = False
@@ -352,7 +343,6 @@ async def _cursor(
                     if pipeline:
                         await self.pipe.sync()
             elif pipeline:
-                await self._check_pipeline_support(conn)
                 # a connection not in pipeline mode can only be used by one
                 # thread/coroutine at a time, so we acquire a lock
                 if self.supports_pipeline:
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
index 755192beb..ae65cab68 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver[str]):
     INSERT_CHECKPOINT_WRITES_SQL = INSERT_CHECKPOINT_WRITES_SQL
 
     jsonplus_serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
-    supports_pipeline: Optional[bool] = None
+    supports_pipeline: bool
 
     def _load_checkpoint(
         self,