diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
index 0c7ac6f95a..9733f4361b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
@@ -244,6 +244,24 @@ describe.each(databases.eachSupportedId())('syncSearchRows, %p', databaseId => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('overwrites original_value on conflict via ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE', async () => {
+    await syncSearchRows(knex, 'e1', [row('a', 'x', 'X')]);
+
+    // Simulate a concurrent stitcher inserting the same (entity_id, key, value)
+    // with a different original_value casing. Unlike DO NOTHING, DO UPDATE
+    // requires an explicit conflict target — the column list is not optional.
+    await knex<DbSearchRow>('search')
+      .insert({ entity_id: 'e1', key: 'a', value: 'x', original_value: 'x' })
+      .onConflict(['entity_id', 'key', 'value'])
+      .merge(['original_value']);
+
+    const rows = await getSearchRows();
+    expect(rows).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(rows[0]).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({ key: 'a', value: 'x', original_value: 'x' }),
+    );
+  });
+
   it('simulates the typical steady-state case with one changed row', async () => {
     // Build a realistic-ish set of search rows
     const initial = [