diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/constants.rb b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/constants.rb
index 73d9c8710..d248cbdb0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/constants.rb
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/lib/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pg/constants.rb
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ module Constants
           LISTEN
           LOAD
           LOCK
+          MERGE
           MOVE
           NOTIFY
           PREPARE
-          PREPARE
           REASSIGN
           REFRESH
           REINDEX
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ module Constants
           SAVEPOINT
           SECURITY
           SELECT
-          SELECT
           SET
           SHOW
           START
diff --git a/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json b/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
index 7cf96681f..852d1dcea 100644
--- a/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
+++ b/instrumentation/pg/test/fixtures/sql_table_name.json
@@ -54,5 +54,9 @@
     {
       "name": "table_name_with_double_quotes",
       "sql": "SELECT columns FROM \"test_table\""
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "merge",
+      "sql": "MERGE INTO test_table AS t USING other_table AS o ON (o.id = t.id) WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET x = t.x + 1 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (id, x, status) VALUES (o.id, o.x, o.status)"
     }
 ]