diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 64fa9a79f..05a13eee8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.17.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.1.40
-	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.17.0
+	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.16.2-0.20250107102735-a5962d5667ec
 	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.61.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 80792a08a..0cae529de 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 h1:0E5MSMDEoAulmXNFquVs//DdoomxaoTY1kUhbc/q
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.1.40 h1:Dp4IHJ3h61VeOAeQkOisf1BcOP+Ww+gpqnv14HvC6DQ=
 github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.1.40/go.mod h1:CNfsa9mHFRfAhT9E2IWTul0Mi1/BldTDmFu5fWcp2us=
+github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.16.2-0.20250107102735-a5962d5667ec h1:qgFskxrN9R9mHB/Whse7niQA/jkZahWBXP58HtZExSQ=
+github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.16.2-0.20250107102735-a5962d5667ec/go.mod h1:KcY8M5N8QZuk2bNWQl/Tmg4J/jUOjdrLMkYYkU75fNU=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.17.0 h1:vL/KskveUR8fflbw+r/6QphSHxV8YahjfSDjNe9pDrI=
 github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.17.0/go.mod h1:3L4DP3/YGaDv9Hks4XA1YFm7HfPur2CuBxHI/4+r7NY=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.61.0 h1:EWnQVMk1u1gy8//Hvui3NVCJZZ+fBnifVcoaIyLq60A=