diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
index 260d12863..5b2dbff13 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -363,6 +363,16 @@ class PostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
                 ),
             )
 
+    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.
@@ -384,14 +394,15 @@ class PostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
                     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
-                try:
+                if self.supports_pipeline:
                     with self.lock, conn.pipeline(), conn.cursor(
                         binary=True, row_factory=dict_row
                     ) as cur:
                         yield cur
-                except NotSupportedError:
+                else:
                     # Use connection's transaction context manager when pipeline mode not supported
                     with self.lock, conn.transaction(), conn.cursor(
                         binary=True, row_factory=dict_row
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
index 43429ae4d..4440e2807 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/aio.py
@@ -319,6 +319,16 @@ class AsyncPostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
         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
@@ -342,14 +352,15 @@ class AsyncPostgresSaver(BasePostgresSaver):
                     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
-                try:
+                if self.supports_pipeline:
                     async with self.lock, conn.pipeline(), conn.cursor(
                         binary=True, row_factory=dict_row
                     ) as cur:
                         yield cur
-                except NotSupportedError:
+                else:
                     # Use connection's transaction context manager when pipeline mode not supported
                     async with self.lock, conn.transaction(), conn.cursor(
                         binary=True, row_factory=dict_row
diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
index 5f6a2ab1b..755192beb 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/checkpoint/postgres/base.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ class BasePostgresSaver(BaseCheckpointSaver[str]):
     INSERT_CHECKPOINT_WRITES_SQL = INSERT_CHECKPOINT_WRITES_SQL
 
     jsonplus_serde = JsonPlusSerializer()
+    supports_pipeline: Optional[bool] = None
 
     def _load_checkpoint(
         self,