diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/update.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/update.ts
index 3c2c8dcf7b..86c41e0aac 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/update.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/update.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import toSnakeCase from 'to-snake-case'
 
 import type { DrizzleAdapter } from './types.js'
 
+import { buildFindManyArgs } from './find/buildFindManyArgs.js'
 import buildQuery from './queries/buildQuery.js'
 import { selectDistinct } from './queries/selectDistinct.js'
 import { upsertRow } from './upsertRow/index.js'
@@ -38,6 +39,22 @@ export const updateOne: UpdateOne = async function updateOne(
 
   if (selectDistinctResult?.[0]?.id) {
     idToUpdate = selectDistinctResult?.[0]?.id
+
+    // If id wasn't passed but `where` without any joins, retrieve it with findFirst
+  } else if (whereArg && !joins.length) {
+    const findManyArgs = buildFindManyArgs({
+      adapter: this,
+      depth: 0,
+      fields: collection.flattenedFields,
+      joinQuery: false,
+      select: {},
+      tableName,
+    })
+
+    findManyArgs.where = where
+
+    const docToUpdate = await db.query[tableName].findFirst(findManyArgs)
+    idToUpdate = docToUpdate?.id
   }
 
   const result = await upsertRow({
diff --git a/test/database/int.spec.ts b/test/database/int.spec.ts
index a2ad8d34d1..90a9569d70 100644
--- a/test/database/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/database/int.spec.ts
@@ -1076,4 +1076,37 @@ describe('database', () => {
 
     expect(relationBDocs.docs).toHaveLength(0)
   })
+
+  it('should upsert', async () => {
+    const postShouldCreated = await payload.db.upsert({
+      req: {},
+      collection: 'posts',
+      data: {
+        title: 'some-title-here',
+      },
+      where: {
+        title: {
+          equals: 'some-title-here',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(postShouldCreated).toBeTruthy()
+
+    const postShouldUpdated = await payload.db.upsert({
+      req: {},
+      collection: 'posts',
+      data: {
+        title: 'some-title-here',
+      },
+      where: {
+        title: {
+          equals: 'some-title-here',
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    // Should stay the same ID
+    expect(postShouldCreated.id).toBe(postShouldUpdated.id)
+  })
 })