diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7582635994..8f3571f5936 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - Fixed a bug where sortable checkbox selects were displaying menu buttons even when only one option was selected. ([#16213](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/16213))
 - Fixed a bug where it wasn’t possible to sort embedded element indexes by custom fields.
 - Fixed a bug where changes to nested elements weren’t getting saved to a draft of the parent, if the element editor was triggered via the “Edit” action menu item. ([#16251](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/16251))
+- Fixed a bug where all elements would get soft-deleted when deleting a section on PostgreSQL. ([#16230](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/16230))
 
 ## 5.5.3 - 2024-11-22
 
diff --git a/src/services/Entries.php b/src/services/Entries.php
index 2b6171dff9c..cb472f5ed07 100644
--- a/src/services/Entries.php
+++ b/src/services/Entries.php
@@ -1144,13 +1144,13 @@ public function handleDeletedSection(ConfigEvent $event): void
 UPDATE $entriesTable [[entries]]
 SET [[deletedWithSection]] = TRUE
 FROM $elementsTable [[elements]]
-WHERE $conditionSql
+WHERE [[entries.id]] = [[elements.id]] AND $conditionSql
 SQL)->execute();
                 $db->createCommand(<<<SQL
 UPDATE $elementsTable [[elements]]
 SET [[dateDeleted]] = '$now'
 FROM $entriesTable [[entries]]
-WHERE $conditionSql
+WHERE [[entries.id]] = [[elements.id]] AND $conditionSql
 SQL)->execute();
             }