diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc5ed5f25..aa9363bdb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. From versio
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix misleading logs on unsupported PostgreSQL versions by @taimoorzaeem in #4519
+
 ## [14.1] - 2025-11-05
 
 ## Fixed
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
index a2ac5862a..f231a4e9a 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/AppState.hs
@@ -382,14 +382,16 @@ retryingSchemaCacheLoad appState@AppState{stateObserver=observer, stateMainThrea
             observer ExitDBNoRecoveryObs
             killThread mainThreadId
           return Nothing
-        Right actualPgVersion -> do
-          when (actualPgVersion < minimumPgVersion) $ do
+        Right actualPgVersion ->
+          if actualPgVersion < minimumPgVersion then do
             observer $ ExitUnsupportedPgVersion actualPgVersion minimumPgVersion
             killThread mainThreadId
-          observer $ DBConnectedObs $ pgvFullName actualPgVersion
-          observer $ PoolInit configDbPoolSize
-          putPgVersion appState actualPgVersion
-          return $ Just actualPgVersion
+            return Nothing
+          else do
+            observer $ DBConnectedObs $ pgvFullName actualPgVersion
+            observer $ PoolInit configDbPoolSize
+            putPgVersion appState actualPgVersion
+            return $ Just actualPgVersion
 
     qInDbConfig :: IO ()
     qInDbConfig = do