diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.001.ddl.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.001.ddl.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93462f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.001.ddl.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+DROP DATAVERSE test IF EXISTS;
+CREATE DATAVERSE test;
+
+USE test;
+
+CREATE DATASET RowDataset
+PRIMARY KEY (id: uuid) AUTOGENERATED WITH {
+    "storage-format": {"format" : "row"}
+};
+
+CREATE DATASET ColumnDataset
+PRIMARY KEY (id: uuid) WITH {
+    "storage-format": {"format" : "column"}
+};
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.002.update.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.002.update.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3fd0b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.002.update.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+UPSERT INTO RowDataset (
+    SELECT UUID() AS myUUID
+    FROM RANGE(1, 1000) x
+);
+
+UPSERT INTO ColumnDataset (
+    SELECT VALUE r
+    FROM RowDataset r
+);
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.003.get.http b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.003.get.http
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57d830a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.003.get.http
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+/connector?dataverseName=test&datasetName=ColumnDataset
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.004.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.004.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8963312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/column/upsert/003/003.004.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+USE test;
+
+SELECT VALUE COUNT(*)
+FROM RowDataset r, ColumnDataset c
+WHERE r.id = c.id
+  AND r.myUUID = c.myUUID;
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.003.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.003.regexadm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64695de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.003.regexadm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+\Q{"keys":"id","type":{"type":"org.apache.asterix.om.types.ARecordType","name":"AnyObject","open":true,"fields":[]},"splits":[\E.*\Q]}\E
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.004.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.004.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83b33d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/column/upsert/003/003.004.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1000
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
index afb829e..f7e5d91 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/sqlpp_queries.xml
@@ -16423,6 +16423,11 @@
         <output-dir compare="Text">upsert/002</output-dir>
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
+    <test-case FilePath="column">
+      <compilation-unit name="upsert/003">
+        <output-dir compare="Text">upsert/003</output-dir>
+      </compilation-unit>
+    </test-case>
     <test-case FilePath="column" check-warnings="true">
       <compilation-unit name="filter/001">
         <output-dir compare="Text">filter/001</output-dir>
@@ -16645,4 +16650,4 @@
       </compilation-unit>
     </test-case>
   </test-group>
-</test-group>
\ No newline at end of file
+</test-group>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/values/reader/value/UUIDValueReader.java b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/values/reader/value/UUIDValueReader.java
index 7517960..741d9b3 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/values/reader/value/UUIDValueReader.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-column/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/column/values/reader/value/UUIDValueReader.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
     public UUIDValueReader() {
         ArrayBackedValueStorage storage = new ArrayBackedValueStorage(16);
+        storage.setSize(16);
         uuidReader = new ParquetPlainFixedLengthValuesReader(storage);
     }