diff --git a/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtils.java b/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtils.java
index bd25848ac..c4d991e69 100644
--- a/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtils.java
+++ b/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtils.java
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ public class SQLStatementUtils {
       "INSERT INTO %s (urn, %s, lastmodifiedon, lastmodifiedby) VALUE (:urn, :metadata, :lastmodifiedon, :lastmodifiedby) "
           + "ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE %s = :metadata, lastmodifiedon = :lastmodifiedon;";
 
+  // Note: include a_urn in the duplicate key update for backfilling the a_urn column in updateEntityTables() if the column was
+  // added after data already exists in the entity table. Normally, a_urn never needs to get updated once it's set the first time.
+  // Note: this SQL should only be called if the urnExtraction flag is true (i.e. a_urn column exists)
   private static final String SQL_UPSERT_ASPECT_WITH_URN_TEMPLATE =
       "INSERT INTO %s (urn, a_urn, %s, lastmodifiedon, lastmodifiedby) VALUE (:urn, :a_urn, :metadata, :lastmodifiedon, :lastmodifiedby) "
-          + "ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE %s = :metadata, lastmodifiedon = :lastmodifiedon;";
+          + "ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE %s = :metadata, lastmodifiedon = :lastmodifiedon, a_urn = :a_urn;";
 
   // "JSON_EXTRACT(%s, '$.gma_deleted') IS NOT NULL" is used to exclude soft-deleted entity which has no lastmodifiedon.
   // for details, see the known limitations on https://github.com/linkedin/datahub-gma/pull/311. Same reason for
diff --git a/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtilsTest.java b/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtilsTest.java
index cd74c3904..e21ddc718 100644
--- a/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtilsTest.java
+++ b/dao-impl/ebean-dao/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/dao/utils/SQLStatementUtilsTest.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void testCreateUpsertAspectSql() {
     String expectedSql =
         "INSERT INTO metadata_entity_foo (urn, a_urn, a_aspectfoo, lastmodifiedon, lastmodifiedby) VALUE (:urn, "
             + ":a_urn, :metadata, :lastmodifiedon, :lastmodifiedby) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE a_aspectfoo = :metadata,"
-            + " lastmodifiedon = :lastmodifiedon;";
+            + " lastmodifiedon = :lastmodifiedon, a_urn = :a_urn;";
     assertEquals(SQLStatementUtils.createAspectUpsertSql(fooUrn, AspectFoo.class, true, false), expectedSql);
 
     expectedSql =