diff --git a/doc/xml/release.xml b/doc/xml/release.xml
index d9f090d80..a88d1d4ba 100644
--- a/doc/xml/release.xml
+++ b/doc/xml/release.xml
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@
                     <release-item>
                         <p>Remove <setting>process-max</setting> option.  Parallelism is now tested in a more targeted manner and the high level option is no longer needed.</p>
                     </release-item>
+
+                    <release-item>
+                        <p>Balance database versions between VMs to minimize test duration.</p>
+                    </release-item>
                 </release-refactor-list>
             </release-test-list>
         </release>
diff --git a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/VmTest.pm b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/VmTest.pm
index c331c6fd3..a83d94fa2 100644
--- a/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/VmTest.pm
+++ b/test/lib/pgBackRestTest/Common/VmTest.pm
@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ my $oyVm =
         [
             PG_VERSION_90,
             PG_VERSION_91,
+            PG_VERSION_95,
         ],
 
         &VM_DB_DOC =>
         [
-            PG_VERSION_94,
+            PG_VERSION_95,
         ],
     },
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ my $oyVm =
         &VM_DB_MINIMAL =>
         [
             PG_VERSION_84,
-            PG_VERSION_93,
+            PG_VERSION_92,
         ],
     },
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ my $oyVm =
 
         &VM_DB_MINIMAL =>
         [
-            PG_VERSION_92,
+            PG_VERSION_94,
         ],
 
         &VM_DB_DOC =>
@@ -259,8 +260,7 @@ my $oyVm =
 
         &VM_DB_MINIMAL =>
         [
-            PG_VERSION_94,
-            PG_VERSION_95,
+            PG_VERSION_93,
         ],
     },
 };