diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
index f62e7fe2d0..22a4a90865 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
@@ -629,10 +629,7 @@ export class ExternalRequest {
    * Creating the specific list of fields that we desire, and excluding the ones that are no use to us
    * is more performant and has the added benefit of protecting against this scenario.
    */
-  buildFields(
-    table: Table,
-    includeRelations: IncludeRelationship = IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE
-  ) {
+  buildFields(table: Table, includeRelations: boolean) {
     function extractRealFields(table: Table, existing: string[] = []) {
       return Object.entries(table.schema)
         .filter(
@@ -691,6 +688,10 @@ export class ExternalRequest {
     }
     filters = buildFilters(id, filters || {}, table)
     const relationships = this.buildRelationships(table)
+
+    const includeSqlRelationships =
+      config.includeSqlRelationships === IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE
+
     // clean up row on ingress using schema
     const processed = this.inputProcessing(row, table)
     row = processed.row
@@ -708,9 +709,7 @@ export class ExternalRequest {
       },
       resource: {
         // have to specify the fields to avoid column overlap (for SQL)
-        fields: isSql
-          ? this.buildFields(table, config.includeSqlRelationships)
-          : [],
+        fields: isSql ? this.buildFields(table, includeSqlRelationships) : [],
       },
       filters,
       sort,
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
index 6120c3cdcb..1b2301f139 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/external.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export async function patch(ctx: BBContext) {
   return handleRequest(Operation.UPDATE, tableId, {
     id: breakRowIdField(id),
     row: inputs,
-    includeSqlRelationships: IncludeRelationship.EXCLUDE,
+    includeSqlRelationships: IncludeRelationship.INCLUDE,
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
index e66795a6db..c722891910 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sql.ts
@@ -502,9 +502,7 @@ class InternalBuilder {
     if (opts.disableReturning) {
       return query.update(parsedBody)
     } else {
-      return query
-        .update(parsedBody)
-        .returning(generateSelectStatement(json, knex))
+      return query.update(parsedBody).returning("*")
     }
   }