The official Amazon Redshift JDBC driver is a Type 4 driver. You can download the latest stable release (v2.2.5 as of early 2026) directly from Amazon S3 or via public repositories:

If you are using a build tool, add the following dependency to your project to automatically handle the download and updates:

To connect your Java applications or SQL client tools to Amazon Redshift, you need the official JDBC 4.2-compatible driver. This guide provides direct download links, installation steps, and configuration details for the com.amazon.redshift.jdbc42.driver JAR file.

redshift-jdbc42-2.2.5.jar. Use this if your environment already includes the AWS SDK for Java .

Version 8.0 or higher is required for the JDBC 4.2 API.