diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 4768414..2603371 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 [env]
 CARGO_WORKSPACE_DIR = { value = "", relative = true }
+
+[unstable]
+gc = true
diff --git a/y-octo/src/doc/codec/update.rs b/y-octo/src/doc/codec/update.rs
index 1f48eb0..d107666 100644
--- a/y-octo/src/doc/codec/update.rs
+++ b/y-octo/src/doc/codec/update.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,11 @@ mod tests {
             (include_bytes!("../../fixtures/database.bin").to_vec(), 1, 149),
             (include_bytes!("../../fixtures/large.bin").to_vec(), 1, 9036),
             (include_bytes!("../../fixtures/with-subdoc.bin").to_vec(), 2, 30),
+            (
+                include_bytes!("../../fixtures/edge-case-left-right-same-node.bin").to_vec(),
+                2,
+                243,
+            ),
         ];
 
         for (doc, clients, structs) in docs {
diff --git a/y-octo/src/doc/document.rs b/y-octo/src/doc/document.rs
index a180ffc..8acad3f 100644
--- a/y-octo/src/doc/document.rs
+++ b/y-octo/src/doc/document.rs
@@ -608,4 +608,21 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(&text.to_string(), "hello world");
         });
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg_attr(any(miri, loom), ignore)]
+    fn test_apply_update() {
+        let updates = [
+            include_bytes!("../fixtures/basic.bin").to_vec(),
+            include_bytes!("../fixtures/database.bin").to_vec(),
+            include_bytes!("../fixtures/large.bin").to_vec(),
+            include_bytes!("../fixtures/with-subdoc.bin").to_vec(),
+            include_bytes!("../fixtures/edge-case-left-right-same-node.bin").to_vec(),
+        ];
+
+        for update in updates {
+            let mut doc = Doc::new();
+            doc.apply_update_from_binary_v1(&update).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/y-octo/src/doc/store.rs b/y-octo/src/doc/store.rs
index aeb8316..d13eaea 100644
--- a/y-octo/src/doc/store.rs
+++ b/y-octo/src/doc/store.rs
@@ -554,7 +554,6 @@ impl DocStore {
                             let mut right = right.get_mut_unchecked();
                             right.left = item_owner_ref.clone();
                         }
-                        this.right = right.clone();
                     } else {
                         // no right, parent.start = this, delete this.left
                         if let Some(parent_sub) = &this.parent_sub {
@@ -565,6 +564,7 @@ impl DocStore {
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    this.right = right.clone();
 
                     let parent_deleted = parent.item.get().map(|item| item.deleted()).unwrap_or(false);
 
diff --git a/y-octo/src/fixtures/edge-case-left-right-same-node.bin b/y-octo/src/fixtures/edge-case-left-right-same-node.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c598191
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