diff --git a/.changeset/eight-pugs-guess.md b/.changeset/eight-pugs-guess.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ebdb1fc4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eight-pugs-guess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@core/sync-service": patch
+---
+
+Update acknowledged WAL on keep alive messages
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/postgres/replication_client.ex b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/postgres/replication_client.ex
index 2e06e122a2..aa4657507e 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/postgres/replication_client.ex
+++ b/packages/sync-service/lib/electric/postgres/replication_client.ex
@@ -192,13 +192,14 @@ defmodule Electric.Postgres.ReplicationClient do
       "Primary Keepalive: wal_end=#{wal_end} (#{Lsn.from_integer(wal_end)}) reply=#{reply}"
     end)
 
-    messages =
-      case reply do
-        1 -> [encode_standby_status_update(state)]
-        0 -> []
-      end
+    case reply do
+      1 ->
+        state = update_applied_wal(state, wal_end)
+        {:noreply, [encode_standby_status_update(state)], state}
 
-    {:noreply, messages, state}
+      0 ->
+        {:noreply, [], state}
+    end
   end
 
   defp process_x_log_data(data, wal_end, %State{} = state) do
@@ -289,6 +290,6 @@ defmodule Electric.Postgres.ReplicationClient do
   @epoch DateTime.to_unix(~U[2000-01-01 00:00:00Z], :microsecond)
   defp current_time(), do: System.os_time(:microsecond) - @epoch
 
-  defp update_applied_wal(state, wal) when wal > state.applied_wal,
+  defp update_applied_wal(state, wal) when wal >= state.applied_wal,
     do: %{state | applied_wal: wal}
 end
diff --git a/packages/sync-service/test/electric/postgres/replication_client_test.exs b/packages/sync-service/test/electric/postgres/replication_client_test.exs
index 46ee74b0f6..0bca05e6f9 100644
--- a/packages/sync-service/test/electric/postgres/replication_client_test.exs
+++ b/packages/sync-service/test/electric/postgres/replication_client_test.exs
@@ -317,8 +317,6 @@ defmodule Electric.Postgres.ReplicationClientTest do
   end
 
   test "correctly responds to a status update request message from PG", ctx do
-    pg_wal = lsn_to_wal("0/10")
-
     state =
       ReplicationClient.State.new(
         transaction_received: nil,
@@ -329,17 +327,13 @@ defmodule Electric.Postgres.ReplicationClientTest do
         connection_manager: ctx.dummy_pid
       )
 
-    # All offsets are 0+1 until we've processed a transaction and bumped `state.applied_wal`.
-    assert {:noreply, [<<?r, 1::64, 1::64, 1::64, _time::64, 0::8>>], state} =
-             ReplicationClient.handle_data(<<?k, pg_wal::64, 0::64, 1::8>>, state)
-
-    ###
-
-    state = %{state | applied_wal: lsn_to_wal("0/10")}
+    state = %{state | applied_wal: lsn_to_wal("0/0")}
+    pg_wal = lsn_to_wal("0/10")
 
     assert {:noreply, [<<?r, app_wal::64, app_wal::64, app_wal::64, _time::64, 0::8>>], state} =
              ReplicationClient.handle_data(<<?k, pg_wal::64, 0::64, 1::8>>, state)
 
+    assert state.applied_wal == pg_wal
     assert app_wal == state.applied_wal + 1
   end