diff --git a/lib/destination/dml/columns.go b/lib/destination/dml/columns.go
index 67c791120..17e31b25b 100644
--- a/lib/destination/dml/columns.go
+++ b/lib/destination/dml/columns.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/columns"
 )
 
-// UpdateQuery will parse the columns and then returns a list of strings like: cc.first_name=c.first_name,cc.last_name=c.last_name,cc.email=c.email
-func UpdateQuery(c *columns.Columns, dialect sql.Dialect, skipDeleteCol bool) string {
+// buildColumnsUpdateFragment will parse the columns and then returns a list of strings like: cc.first_name=c.first_name,cc.last_name=c.last_name,cc.email=c.email
+func buildColumnsUpdateFragment(c *columns.Columns, dialect sql.Dialect, skipDeleteCol bool) string {
 	var cols []string
 	for _, column := range c.GetColumns() {
 		if column.ShouldSkip() {
diff --git a/lib/destination/dml/columns_test.go b/lib/destination/dml/columns_test.go
index b6ddeb7cf..8833246c1 100644
--- a/lib/destination/dml/columns_test.go
+++ b/lib/destination/dml/columns_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestUpdateQuery(t *testing.T) {
+func TestBuildColumnsUpdateFragment(t *testing.T) {
 	type testCase struct {
 		name           string
 		columns        columns.Columns
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestUpdateQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, _testCase := range testCases {
-		actualQuery := UpdateQuery(&_testCase.columns, _testCase.dialect, _testCase.skipDeleteCol)
+		actualQuery := buildColumnsUpdateFragment(&_testCase.columns, _testCase.dialect, _testCase.skipDeleteCol)
 		assert.Equal(t, _testCase.expectedString, actualQuery, _testCase.name)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/destination/dml/merge.go b/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
index cd7785457..b76763423 100644
--- a/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
+++ b/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (m *MergeArgument) GetParts() ([]string, error) {
 			// UPDATE
 			fmt.Sprintf(`UPDATE %s as c SET %s FROM %s as cc WHERE %s%s;`,
 				// UPDATE table set col1 = cc. col1
-				m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
+				m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
 				// FROM table (temp) WHERE join on PK(s)
 				m.SubQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " and "), idempotentClause,
 			),
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (m *MergeArgument) GetParts() ([]string, error) {
 		// UPDATE
 		fmt.Sprintf(`UPDATE %s as c SET %s FROM %s as cc WHERE %s%s AND COALESCE(cc.%s, false) = false;`,
 			// UPDATE table set col1 = cc. col1
-			m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
+			m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
 			// FROM staging WHERE join on PK(s)
 			m.SubQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " and "), idempotentClause, m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
 		),
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ WHEN MATCHED %sTHEN UPDATE SET %s
 WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
 			m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), subQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " and "),
 			// Update + Soft Deletion
-			idempotentClause, UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
+			idempotentClause, buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
 			// Insert
 			m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteIdentifiers(columns, m.Dialect), ","),
 			array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`
 		// Delete
 		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
 		// Update
-		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
+		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
 		// Insert
 		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteIdentifiers(columns, m.Dialect), ","),
 		array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ WHEN MATCHED %sTHEN UPDATE SET %s
 WHEN NOT MATCHED AND COALESCE(cc.%s, 0) = 0 THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
 			m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), m.SubQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " and "),
 			// Update + Soft Deletion
-			idempotentClause, UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
+			idempotentClause, buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, false),
 			// Insert
 			m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteIdentifiers(columns, m.Dialect), ","),
 			array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ WHEN NOT MATCHED AND COALESCE(cc.%s, 1) = 0 THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
 		// Delete
 		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
 		// Update
-		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, UpdateQuery(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
+		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, buildColumnsUpdateFragment(m.Columns, m.Dialect, true),
 		// Insert
 		m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteIdentifiers(columns, m.Dialect), ","),
 		array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{