diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator.c b/pgxn/neon/communicator.c
index 4c03193d7e..80d14c4c68 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator.c
@@ -2398,11 +2398,16 @@ communicator_dbsize(Oid dbNode, neon_request_lsns *request_lsns)
 	return db_size;
 }
 
-int
-communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno, neon_request_lsns *request_lsns,
-							   void *buffer)
+/*
+ * Download the given SLRU segment from the pageserver.
+ *
+ * See comments on read_slru_segment_result for the result.
+ */
+read_slru_segment_result
+communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno,
+							   neon_request_lsns *request_lsns)
 {
-	int			n_blocks;
+	read_slru_segment_result result = { NULL, 0, NULL };
 	shardno_t	shard_no = 0; /* All SLRUs are at shard 0 */
 	NeonResponse *resp = NULL;
 	NeonGetSlruSegmentRequest request;
@@ -2456,8 +2461,9 @@ communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno, neon_request_lsns *re
 												request.hdr.reqid, LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(request.hdr.lsn), LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(request.hdr.not_modified_since), kind, (unsigned long long) segno);
 				}
 			}
-			n_blocks = slru_resp->n_blocks;
-			memcpy(buffer, slru_resp->data, n_blocks*BLCKSZ);
+			result.slru_data = slru_resp->data;
+			result.n_blocks = slru_resp->n_blocks;
+			result.buf = slru_resp;
 			break;
 		}
 		case T_NeonErrorResponse:
@@ -2486,10 +2492,10 @@ communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno, neon_request_lsns *re
 										"Expected GetSlruSegment (0x%02x) or Error (0x%02x) response to GetSlruSegmentRequest, but got 0x%02x",
 										T_NeonGetSlruSegmentResponse, T_NeonErrorResponse, resp->tag);
 	}
-	pfree(resp);
+	/* do not pfree(resp) here. The caller is responsible for it */
 
 	communicator_reconfigure_timeout_if_needed();
-	return n_blocks;
+	return result;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator.h b/pgxn/neon/communicator.h
index 5376c9b839..5e2606a96b 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator.h
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator.h
@@ -39,9 +39,24 @@ extern void communicator_prefetch_register_bufferv(BufferTag tag, neon_request_l
 												   BlockNumber nblocks, const bits8 *mask);
 extern bool communicator_prefetch_receive(BufferTag tag);
 
-extern int communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno,
-										  neon_request_lsns *request_lsns,
-										  void *buffer);
+/* Return type for communicator_read_slru_segment */
+typedef struct read_slru_segment_result
+{
+	/* the SLRU segment content is returned here */
+	void	   *slru_data;
+
+	/* Size of 'slru_data', in BLCKSZ blocks. 0 if the segment was not found */
+	int			n_blocks;
+
+	/*
+	 * 'slru_data' points to a larger palloc'd structure that's opaque
+	 * to the caller. Once you're done with the result, pfree this.
+	 */
+	void	   *buf;
+} read_slru_segment_result;
+
+extern read_slru_segment_result communicator_read_slru_segment(SlruKind kind, int64 segno,
+															   neon_request_lsns *request_lsns);
 
 extern void communicator_reconfigure_timeout_if_needed(void);
 extern void communicator_prefetch_pump_state(void);
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c b/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c
index d3e51ba682..105352fc7b 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/pagestore_smgr.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "access/xlog_internal.h"
 #include "access/xlogutils.h"
 #include "catalog/pg_class.h"
+#include "common/file_utils.h"
 #include "pgstat.h"
 #include "postmaster/autovacuum.h"
 #include "postmaster/interrupt.h"
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "replication/walsender.h"
 #include "storage/bufmgr.h"
 #include "storage/buf_internals.h"
+#include "storage/fd.h"
 #include "storage/fsm_internals.h"
 #include "storage/md.h"
 #include "storage/smgr.h"
@@ -2127,13 +2129,20 @@ neon_end_unlogged_build(SMgrRelation reln)
 
 #define STRPREFIX(str, prefix) (strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0)
 
-static int
-neon_read_slru_segment(SMgrRelation reln, const char* path, int segno, void* buffer)
+/*
+ * Attempt to download the given SLRU segment file from the pageserver.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *   true if the file was successfully downloaded
+ *   false if the file was not found in pageserver
+ *   ereports if some other error happened
+ */
+static bool
+neon_read_slru_segment(SMgrRelation reln, const char* path, int segno)
 {
 	XLogRecPtr	request_lsn,
 				not_modified_since;
 	SlruKind	kind;
-	int			n_blocks;
 	neon_request_lsns request_lsns;
 
 	/*
@@ -2164,6 +2173,7 @@ neon_read_slru_segment(SMgrRelation reln, const char* path, int segno, void* buf
 	 */
 	not_modified_since = nm_adjust_lsn(GetRedoStartLsn());
 
+	/* Only these SLRUs are stored in the pageserver */
 	if (STRPREFIX(path, "pg_xact"))
 		kind = SLRU_CLOG;
 	else if (STRPREFIX(path, "pg_multixact/members"))
@@ -2171,15 +2181,58 @@ neon_read_slru_segment(SMgrRelation reln, const char* path, int segno, void* buf
 	else if (STRPREFIX(path, "pg_multixact/offsets"))
 		kind = SLRU_MULTIXACT_OFFSETS;
 	else
-		return -1;
+		return false;
 
 	request_lsns.request_lsn = request_lsn;
 	request_lsns.not_modified_since = not_modified_since;
 	request_lsns.effective_request_lsn = request_lsn;
 
-	n_blocks = communicator_read_slru_segment(kind, segno, &request_lsns, buffer);
+	{
+		read_slru_segment_result result;
+		int			fd;
+		struct iovec iov[1];
 
-	return n_blocks;
+		/* Call the pageserver */
+		result = communicator_read_slru_segment(kind, segno, &request_lsns);
+		if (result.n_blocks == 0)
+		{
+			/* "File not found" from pageserver */
+			if (result.buf)
+				pfree(result.buf);
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/* Success! Write the contents to the file */
+		fd = OpenTransientFile(path, O_WRONLY | O_EXCL | O_CREAT | PG_BINARY);
+		if (fd < 0)
+		{
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					errcode_for_file_access(),
+					errmsg("could not create SLRU file \"%s\" to write downloaded contents: %m",
+						   path));
+		}
+
+		errno = 0;
+		iov[0].iov_base = result.slru_data;
+		iov[0].iov_len = result.n_blocks * BLCKSZ;
+		pgstat_report_wait_start(WAIT_EVENT_SLRU_WRITE);
+		if (pg_pwritev_with_retry(fd, iov, 1, 0) != result.n_blocks * BLCKSZ)
+		{
+			pgstat_report_wait_end();
+			/* if write didn't set errno, assume problem is no disk space */
+			if (errno == 0)
+				errno = ENOSPC;
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					errcode_for_file_access(),
+					errmsg("could not write downloaded contents to SLRU file \"%s\": %m",
+						   path));
+		}
+		pgstat_report_wait_end();
+		pfree(result.buf);
+		CloseTransientFile(fd);
+
+		return true;
+	}
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/vendor/postgres-v14 b/vendor/postgres-v14
index 2155cb165d..a9419a4ec4 160000
--- a/vendor/postgres-v14
+++ b/vendor/postgres-v14
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2155cb165d05f617eb2c8ad7e43367189b627703
+Subproject commit a9419a4ec4cd9fb80eaf45dffe4a2b82a0f25ec1
diff --git a/vendor/postgres-v15 b/vendor/postgres-v15
index 2aaab3bb4a..6d0324add0 160000
--- a/vendor/postgres-v15
+++ b/vendor/postgres-v15
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2aaab3bb4a13557aae05bb2ae0ef0a132d0c4f85
+Subproject commit 6d0324add02106b6843a3d3701f4923e847bcbb0
diff --git a/vendor/postgres-v16 b/vendor/postgres-v16
index a42351fcd4..e871de05e4 160000
--- a/vendor/postgres-v16
+++ b/vendor/postgres-v16
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a42351fcd41ea01edede1daed65f651e838988fc
+Subproject commit e871de05e4bef58a580e28be393a43e12852d5fc
diff --git a/vendor/postgres-v17 b/vendor/postgres-v17
index 1e01fcea2a..4bb475f24e 160000
--- a/vendor/postgres-v17
+++ b/vendor/postgres-v17
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1e01fcea2a6b38180021aa83e0051d95286d9096
+Subproject commit 4bb475f24ebbe860fd5432235bd2ab09413b9816
diff --git a/vendor/revisions.json b/vendor/revisions.json
index c02c748a72..d74bcb83f5 100644
--- a/vendor/revisions.json
+++ b/vendor/revisions.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
   "v17": [
     "17.5",
-    "1e01fcea2a6b38180021aa83e0051d95286d9096"
+    "4bb475f24ebbe860fd5432235bd2ab09413b9816"
   ],
   "v16": [
     "16.9",
-    "a42351fcd41ea01edede1daed65f651e838988fc"
+    "e871de05e4bef58a580e28be393a43e12852d5fc"
   ],
   "v15": [
     "15.13",
-    "2aaab3bb4a13557aae05bb2ae0ef0a132d0c4f85"
+    "6d0324add02106b6843a3d3701f4923e847bcbb0"
   ],
   "v14": [
     "14.18",
-    "2155cb165d05f617eb2c8ad7e43367189b627703"
+    "a9419a4ec4cd9fb80eaf45dffe4a2b82a0f25ec1"
   ]
 }