diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
index 763133a9a..2ccaa833a 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
@@ -550,6 +550,11 @@ class AsyncPostgresStore(AsyncBatchedBaseStore, BasePostgresStore[_ainternal.Con
                 Will be applied regardless of whether the PostgresStore instance was initialized with a pipeline.
                 If pipeline mode is not supported, will fall back to using transaction context manager.
         """
+        is_pooled_conn = isinstance(self.conn, AsyncConnectionPool)
+        # With AsyncConnectionPool, each _cursor() call checks out its own connection.
+        # The pool does not hand out the same connection concurrently, so a shared lock
+        # across calls is unnecessary here.
+        lock = asyncio.Lock() if is_pooled_conn else self.lock
         async with _ainternal.get_connection(self.conn) as conn:
             if self.pipe:
                 # a connection in pipeline mode can be used concurrently
@@ -566,21 +571,21 @@ class AsyncPostgresStore(AsyncBatchedBaseStore, BasePostgresStore[_ainternal.Con
                 # thread/coroutine at a time, so we acquire a lock
                 if self.supports_pipeline:
                     async with (
-                        self.lock,
+                        lock,
                         conn.pipeline(),
                         conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur,
                     ):
                         yield cur
                 else:
                     async with (
-                        self.lock,
+                        lock,
                         conn.transaction(),
                         conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur,
                     ):
                         yield cur
             else:
                 async with (
-                    self.lock,
+                    lock,
                     conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur,
                 ):
                     yield cur
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/pyproject.toml b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/pyproject.toml
index e73054737..d776fea84 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "langgraph-checkpoint-postgres"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 description = "Library with a Postgres implementation of LangGraph checkpoint saver."
 authors = []
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/uv.lock b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/uv.lock
index 11d15ede2..6f17c71bf 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/uv.lock
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/uv.lock
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ test = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langgraph-checkpoint-postgres"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "langgraph-checkpoint" },
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/uv.lock b/libs/langgraph/uv.lock
index 1bc830522..c92af2c32 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/uv.lock
+++ b/libs/langgraph/uv.lock
@@ -1600,7 +1600,7 @@ test = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langgraph-checkpoint-postgres"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 source = { editable = "../checkpoint-postgres" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "langgraph-checkpoint" },
diff --git a/libs/prebuilt/uv.lock b/libs/prebuilt/uv.lock
index 282b3d204..2f7197f14 100644
--- a/libs/prebuilt/uv.lock
+++ b/libs/prebuilt/uv.lock
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ test = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "langgraph-checkpoint-postgres"
-version = "3.0.3"
+version = "3.0.4"
 source = { editable = "../checkpoint-postgres" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "langgraph-checkpoint" },