diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d24bd782a..5a17f70f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1966,9 +1966,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mungos"
-version = "0.4.15"
+version = "0.4.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "425c6fb5e929046567f42c21c5ce7a3b2915ad1c14b29db0fca3ba39d2fbaf22"
+checksum = "7085594072f51f1505fe7846cbc3ea3279b2a05060475539c94b6402d36f1c03"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 93aae71bc..d90f1ad8c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ derive_variants = "0.1.1"
 make_option = "0.1.3"
 resolver_api = "0.1.6"
 parse_csl = "0.1.0"
-mungos = "0.4.15"
+mungos = "0.4.17"
 svi = "0.1.4"
 # external
 tokio = { version = "1.29", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/alerter.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/alerter.rs
index e0c29014a..4d2e673d3 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/alerter.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/alerter.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateAlerter, RequestUser> for State {
             .alerters
             .update_one(
                 &id,
-                mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
             )
             .await?;
 
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/build.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/build.rs
index 29e938135..0449d38f9 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/build.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/build.rs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateBuild, RequestUser> for State {
                 .builds
                 .update_one(
                     &build.id,
-                    mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                    mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
                 )
                 .await
                 .context("failed to update build on database")?;
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/builder.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/builder.rs
index 76884db4b..3007e074a 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/builder.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/builder.rs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateBuilder, RequestUser> for State {
             .builders
             .update_one(
                 &id,
-                mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
             )
             .await?;
 
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/deployment.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/deployment.rs
index e80da71f4..c91c1a163 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/deployment.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/deployment.rs
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateDeployment, RequestUser> for State {
                 .deployments
                 .update_one(
                     &id,
-                    mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                    mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
                 )
                 .await
                 .context("failed to update server on mongo")?;
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/repo.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/repo.rs
index 6821b039a..62df270ad 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/repo.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/repo.rs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateRepo, RequestUser> for State {
                 .repos
                 .update_one(
                     &repo.id,
-                    mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                    mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
                 )
                 .await
                 .context("failed to update repo on database")?;
diff --git a/bin/core/src/requests/write/server.rs b/bin/core/src/requests/write/server.rs
index 6a72ec29e..8a77549c9 100644
--- a/bin/core/src/requests/write/server.rs
+++ b/bin/core/src/requests/write/server.rs
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ impl Resolve<UpdateServer, RequestUser> for State {
             .servers
             .update_one(
                 &id,
-                mungos::Update::Set(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
+                mungos::Update::FlattenSet(doc! { "config": to_bson(&config)? }),
             )
             .await
             .context("failed to update server on mongo")?;