diff --git a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/dbmode.go b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/dbmode.go
index e47c7f6c470..13a6ab1bee8 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/dbmode.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/dbmode.go
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func NewUpdateStrategyDBModeKonnect(
 	concurrency int,
 	diagnostic *diagnostics.ClientDiagnostic,
 	logger logr.Logger,
-) UpdateStrategyDBMode {
+) *UpdateStrategyDBMode {
 	s := NewUpdateStrategyDBMode(client, dumpConfig, version, concurrency, diagnostic, logger)
 	s.isKonnect = true
 	return s
diff --git a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/sendconfig.go b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/sendconfig.go
index 139ff0a1604..9ea909f66c0 100644
--- a/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/sendconfig.go
+++ b/internal/dataplane/sendconfig/sendconfig.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func PerformUpdate(
 	updateStrategy := updateStrategyResolver.ResolveUpdateStrategy(client, diagnostic)
 	logger = logger.WithValues("update_strategy", updateStrategy.Type())
 	timeStart := time.Now()
-	err = updateStrategy.Update(ctx, ContentWithHash{
+	size, err := updateStrategy.Update(ctx, ContentWithHash{
 		Content:        targetContent,
 		CustomEntities: customEntities,
 		Hash:           newSHA,
diff --git a/test/kongintegration/dbmode_update_strategy_test.go b/test/kongintegration/dbmode_update_strategy_test.go
index 5a0cdcf3eff..79ba3f9318c 100644
--- a/test/kongintegration/dbmode_update_strategy_test.go
+++ b/test/kongintegration/dbmode_update_strategy_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestUpdateStrategyDBMode(t *testing.T) {
 		dump.Config{},
 		semver.MustParse("3.6.0"),
 		10,
+		nil,
 		logger,
 	)