diff --git a/db_repository.go b/db_repository.go
index 8f29bac..b2f9c43 100644
--- a/db_repository.go
+++ b/db_repository.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func (db *DB) UpdateExceptColumns(ctx context.Context, columnsToExcept []string,
 	}
 
 	columnsToUpdate := td.ListColumnNamesExcept(columnsToExcept...)
-	return db.updateTableRecords(ctx, td, columnsToUpdate, values)
+	return db.updateTableRecords(ctx, td, columnsToUpdate, false, values)
 }
 
 // UpdateOnlyColumns updates one or more values in the database by building and executing an
@@ -315,17 +315,17 @@ func (db *DB) UpdateOnlyColumns(ctx context.Context, columnsToUpdate []string, v
 		return 0, err // return the error if the table definition is not found
 	}
 
-	return db.updateTableRecords(ctx, td, columnsToUpdate, values)
+	return db.updateTableRecords(ctx, td, columnsToUpdate, false, values)
 }
 
-func (db *DB) updateTableRecords(ctx context.Context, td *desc.Table, columnsToUpdate []string, values []any) (int64, error) {
+func (db *DB) updateTableRecords(ctx context.Context, td *desc.Table, columnsToUpdate []string, reportNotFound bool, values []any) (int64, error) {
 	primaryKey, ok := td.PrimaryKey()
 	if !ok {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("no primary key found in table definition: %s", td.Name)
 	}
 
 	if len(values) == 1 {
-		return db.updateTableRecord(ctx, values[0], columnsToUpdate, primaryKey)
+		return db.updateTableRecord(ctx, values[0], columnsToUpdate, reportNotFound, primaryKey)
 	}
 
 	// if more than one: update each value inside a transaction.
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ func (db *DB) updateTableRecords(ctx context.Context, td *desc.Table, columnsToU
 
 	err := db.InTransaction(ctx, func(db *DB) error {
 		for _, value := range values {
-			rowsAffected, err := db.updateTableRecord(ctx, value, columnsToUpdate, primaryKey)
+			rowsAffected, err := db.updateTableRecord(ctx, value, columnsToUpdate, reportNotFound, primaryKey)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -350,13 +350,22 @@ func (db *DB) updateTableRecords(ctx context.Context, td *desc.Table, columnsToU
 	return totalRowsAffected, nil
 }
 
-func (db *DB) updateTableRecord(ctx context.Context, value any, columnsToUpdate []string, primaryKey *desc.Column) (int64, error) {
+func (db *DB) updateTableRecord(ctx context.Context, value any, columnsToUpdate []string, reportNotFound bool, primaryKey *desc.Column) (int64, error) {
 	// build the SQL query and arguments using the table definition and its primary key.
-	query, args, err := desc.BuildUpdateQuery(value, columnsToUpdate, primaryKey)
+	query, args, err := desc.BuildUpdateQuery(value, columnsToUpdate, reportNotFound, primaryKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
+	if reportNotFound {
+		scanErr := db.QueryRow(ctx, query, args...).Scan(nil)
+		if scanErr != nil {
+			return 0, scanErr
+		}
+
+		return 1, nil
+	}
+
 	// execute the query using db.Exec and pass in the primary key values as a parameter
 	tag, err := db.Exec(ctx, query, args...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/desc/insert_query.go b/desc/insert_query.go
index 61f641f..ef2f6f0 100644
--- a/desc/insert_query.go
+++ b/desc/insert_query.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func BuildInsertQuery(td *Table, structValue reflect.Value, idPtr any, forceOnCo
 	if idPtr != nil {
 		// if idPtr is not nil, it means we want to get the primary key value of the inserted row
 		columnDefinition, ok := td.PrimaryKey() // get the primary key column definition from the table definition
-		if ok && idPtr != nil {
+		if ok {
 			returningColumn = columnDefinition.Name // assign the column name to returningColumn
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/desc/update_query.go b/desc/update_query.go
index a54f9e3..dfb0135 100644
--- a/desc/update_query.go
+++ b/desc/update_query.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 // BuildUpdateQuery builds and returns an SQL query for updating a row in the table,
 // using the given struct value and the primary key.
-func BuildUpdateQuery(value any, columnsToUpdate []string, primaryKey *Column) (string, []any, error) {
+func BuildUpdateQuery(value any, columnsToUpdate []string, reportNotFound bool, primaryKey *Column) (string, []any, error) {
 	args, err := extractUpdateArguments(value, columnsToUpdate, primaryKey)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", nil, err
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func BuildUpdateQuery(value any, columnsToUpdate []string, primaryKey *Column) (
 	}
 
 	// build the SQL query using the table definition and its primary key.
-	query := buildUpdateQuery(primaryKey.Table, args, primaryKey.Name, shouldUpdateID)
+	query := buildUpdateQuery(primaryKey.Table, args, primaryKey.Name, shouldUpdateID, reportNotFound)
 	return query, args.Values(), nil
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func extractUpdateArguments(value any, columnsToUpdate []string, primaryKey *Col
 	return args, nil
 }
 
-func buildUpdateQuery(td *Table, args Arguments, primaryKeyName string, shouldUpdateID bool) string {
+func buildUpdateQuery(td *Table, args Arguments, primaryKeyName string, shouldUpdateID bool, reportNotFound bool) string {
 	var b strings.Builder
 
 	b.WriteString(`UPDATE "` + td.Name + `" SET `)
@@ -122,6 +122,10 @@ func buildUpdateQuery(td *Table, args Arguments, primaryKeyName string, shouldUp
 	}
 	b.WriteString(` WHERE "` + primaryKeyName + `" = $` + strconv.Itoa(primaryKeyWhereIndex))
 
+	if reportNotFound {
+		b.WriteString(` RETURNING "` + primaryKeyName + `"`)
+	}
+
 	b.WriteByte(';')
 
 	return b.String()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae4b348..1728473 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ go 1.23
 require (
 	github.com/gertd/go-pluralize v0.2.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 24a5929..4882962 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UV
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0 h1:vvrHzRwRfVKSiLrG+d4FMl/Qi4ukBCE6kZlTUkDYRT0=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.21.0/go.mod h1:6SkKJ3Xj0I0BrPOZoBy3bdMptDDU9oJrpohJ3eWZ1fY=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0 h1:L5SG1JTTXupVV3n6sUqMTeWbjAyfPwoda2DLX8J8FrQ=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0/go.mod h1:+F4F4N5hv6v38hfeYwTdx20oUvLLc+QfrE9Ax9HtgRg=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0 h1:D4nJWe9zXqHOmWqj4VMOJhvzj7bEZg4wEYa759z1pH4=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0/go.mod h1:6SkKJ3Xj0I0BrPOZoBy3bdMptDDU9oJrpohJ3eWZ1fY=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0 h1:fEo0HyrW1GIgZdpbhCRO0PkJajUS5H9IFUztCgEo2jQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.9.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0 h1:gK/Kv2otX8gz+wn7Rmb3vT96ZwuoxnQlY+HlJVj7Qug=
+golang.org/x/text v0.20.0/go.mod h1:D4IsuqiFMhST5bX19pQ9ikHC2GsaKyk/oF+pn3ducp4=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
diff --git a/repository.go b/repository.go
index ef74f68..49ba172 100644
--- a/repository.go
+++ b/repository.go
@@ -289,7 +289,31 @@ func (repo *Repository[T]) UpdateOnlyColumns(ctx context.Context, columnsToUpdat
 	}
 
 	valuesAsInterfaces := toInterfaces(values)
-	return repo.db.updateTableRecords(ctx, repo.td, columnsToUpdate, valuesAsInterfaces)
+	return repo.db.updateTableRecords(ctx, repo.td, columnsToUpdate, false, valuesAsInterfaces)
+}
+
+// UpdateOnlyColumnsReportNoRows updates one or more values of type T in the database by their primary key values.
+// It returns an ErrNoRows if there is no matching row on the given criteria.
+func (repo *Repository[T]) UpdateOnlyColumnsReportNoRows(ctx context.Context, columnsToUpdate []string, values ...T) (bool, error) {
+	if repo.IsReadOnly() {
+		return false, ErrIsReadOnly
+	}
+
+	if len(values) == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	valuesAsInterfaces := toInterfaces(values)
+	_, err := repo.db.updateTableRecords(ctx, repo.td, columnsToUpdate, true, valuesAsInterfaces)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrNoRows) {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 func toInterfaces[T any](values []T) []any {