diff --git a/store/postgres/src/relational/prune.rs b/store/postgres/src/relational/prune.rs
index 39337d2a485..aff5a8b64f9 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/relational/prune.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/relational/prune.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ use graph::{
 };
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
-use crate::{catalog, copy::AdaptiveBatchSize, deployment, relational::Table};
+use crate::{
+    catalog,
+    copy::AdaptiveBatchSize,
+    deployment,
+    relational::{Table, VID_COLUMN},
+};
 
 use super::{Catalog, Layout, Namespace};
 
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ struct TablePair {
     // has the same name as `src` but is in a different namespace
     dst: Arc<Table>,
     src_nsp: Namespace,
+    dst_nsp: Namespace,
 }
 
 impl TablePair {
@@ -94,7 +100,12 @@ impl TablePair {
         }
         conn.batch_execute(&query)?;
 
-        Ok(TablePair { src, dst, src_nsp })
+        Ok(TablePair {
+            src,
+            dst,
+            src_nsp,
+            dst_nsp,
+        })
     }
 
     /// Copy all entity versions visible between `earliest_block` and
@@ -228,6 +239,11 @@ impl TablePair {
         let src_qname = &self.src.qualified_name;
         let dst_qname = &self.dst.qualified_name;
         let src_nsp = &self.src_nsp;
+        let dst_nsp = &self.dst_nsp;
+
+        let vid_seq = format!("{}_{VID_COLUMN}_seq", self.src.name);
+
+        let old_vid_form = !self.src.object.is_object_type();
         let mut query = String::new();
 
         // What we are about to do would get blocked by autovacuum on our
@@ -237,6 +253,15 @@ impl TablePair {
                   "src" => src_nsp.as_str(), "error" => e.to_string());
         }
 
+        // Make sure the vid sequence
+        // continues from where it was
+        if old_vid_form {
+            writeln!(
+                query,
+                "select setval('{dst_nsp}.{vid_seq}', nextval('{src_nsp}.{vid_seq}'));"
+            )?;
+        }
+
         writeln!(query, "drop table {src_qname};")?;
         writeln!(query, "alter table {dst_qname} set schema {src_nsp}")?;
         conn.transaction(|conn| conn.batch_execute(&query))?;
diff --git a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
index 61f0c80a3d8..180344f5430 100644
--- a/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
+++ b/store/postgres/src/relational_queries.rs
@@ -2548,6 +2548,8 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for InsertQuery<'a> {
         let out = &mut out;
         out.unsafe_to_cache_prepared();
 
+        let new_vid_form = self.table.object.is_object_type();
+
         // Construct a query
         //   insert into schema.table(column, ...)
         //   values
@@ -2573,7 +2575,9 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for InsertQuery<'a> {
             out.push_sql(CAUSALITY_REGION_COLUMN);
         };
 
-        out.push_sql(", vid");
+        if new_vid_form {
+            out.push_sql(", vid");
+        }
         out.push_sql(") values\n");
 
         for (i, row) in self.rows.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -2591,8 +2595,10 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for InsertQuery<'a> {
                 out.push_sql(", ");
                 out.push_bind_param::<Integer, _>(&row.causality_region)?;
             };
-            out.push_sql(", ");
-            out.push_bind_param::<BigInt, _>(&row.vid)?;
+            if new_vid_form {
+                out.push_sql(", ");
+                out.push_bind_param::<BigInt, _>(&row.vid)?;
+            }
             out.push_sql(")");
         }
 
@@ -5090,6 +5096,8 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for CopyEntityBatchQuery<'a> {
     fn walk_ast<'b>(&'b self, mut out: AstPass<'_, 'b, Pg>) -> QueryResult<()> {
         out.unsafe_to_cache_prepared();
 
+        let new_vid_form = self.src.object.is_object_type();
+
         // Construct a query
         //   insert into {dst}({columns})
         //   select {columns} from {src}
@@ -5110,7 +5118,9 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for CopyEntityBatchQuery<'a> {
             out.push_sql(", ");
             out.push_sql(CAUSALITY_REGION_COLUMN);
         };
-        out.push_sql(", vid");
+        if new_vid_form {
+            out.push_sql(", vid");
+        }
 
         out.push_sql(")\nselect ");
         for column in &self.columns {
@@ -5176,7 +5186,9 @@ impl<'a> QueryFragment<Pg> for CopyEntityBatchQuery<'a> {
                 ));
             }
         }
-        out.push_sql(", vid");
+        if new_vid_form {
+            out.push_sql(", vid");
+        }
 
         out.push_sql(" from ");
         out.push_sql(self.src.qualified_name.as_str());