diff --git a/beanie/__init__.py b/beanie/__init__.py
index e690f12c..24e03fd9 100644
--- a/beanie/__init__.py
+++ b/beanie/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     WriteRules,
     DeleteRules,
 )
+from beanie.odm.queries.update import UpdateResponse
 from beanie.odm.settings.timeseries import TimeSeriesConfig, Granularity
 from beanie.odm.utils.init import init_beanie
 from beanie.odm.documents import Document
@@ -64,4 +65,6 @@
     "DeleteRules",
     # Custom Types
     "DecimalAnnotation",
+    # UpdateResponse
+    "UpdateResponse",
 ]
diff --git a/beanie/odm/utils/parsing.py b/beanie/odm/utils/parsing.py
index b3d3f2d1..d1b03af8 100644
--- a/beanie/odm/utils/parsing.py
+++ b/beanie/odm/utils/parsing.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def merge_models(left: BaseModel, right: BaseModel) -> None:
                     break
             if links_found:
                 continue
+            left.__setattr__(k, right_value)
         elif not isinstance(right_value, Link):
             left.__setattr__(k, right_value)
 
diff --git a/docs/tutorial/update.md b/docs/tutorial/update.md
index d9034bb0..bef86213 100644
--- a/docs/tutorial/update.md
+++ b/docs/tutorial/update.md
@@ -80,3 +80,12 @@ await Product.find_one(Product.name == "Milka").delete()
 
 await Product.find(Product.category.name == "Chocolate").delete()
 ```
+
+## Response Type
+
+For the object methods `update` and `upsert`, you can use the `response_type` parameter to specify the type of response.
+
+The options are:
+- `UpdateResponse.UPDATE_RESULT` - returns the result of the update operation.
+- `UpdateResponse.NEW_DOCUMENT` - returns the newly updated document.
+- `UpdateResponse.OLD_DOCUMENT` - returns the document before the update.
diff --git a/tests/odm/conftest.py b/tests/odm/conftest.py
index f45b18f7..a5360e65 100644
--- a/tests/odm/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/odm/conftest.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     DocumentWithCustomInit,
     DocumentWithTextIndexAndLink,
     LinkDocumentForTextSeacrh,
+    TestDocumentWithList,
 )
 from tests.odm.views import TestView, TestViewWithLink
 
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ async def init(db):
         DocumentWithCustomInit,
         DocumentWithTextIndexAndLink,
         LinkDocumentForTextSeacrh,
+        TestDocumentWithList,
     ]
     await init_beanie(
         database=db,
diff --git a/tests/odm/documents/test_update.py b/tests/odm/documents/test_update.py
index adc941d4..4a2e2072 100644
--- a/tests/odm/documents/test_update.py
+++ b/tests/odm/documents/test_update.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     DocumentTestModel,
     ModelWithOptionalField,
     DocumentWithKeepNullsFalse,
+    TestDocumentWithList,
 )
 
 
@@ -278,3 +279,13 @@ async def test_save_changes_keep_nulls_false():
 #         {"test_str": "smth_else"}, session=session
 #     ).to_list()
 #     assert len(smth_else_documetns) == 17
+
+
+async def test_update_list():
+    test_record = TestDocumentWithList(list_values=["1", "2", "3"])
+    test_record = await test_record.insert()
+    update_data = test_record.dict()
+    update_data["list_values"] = ["5", "6", "7"]
+
+    updated_test_record = await test_record.update({"$set": update_data})
+    assert updated_test_record.list_values == update_data["list_values"]
diff --git a/tests/odm/models.py b/tests/odm/models.py
index b3bfa19d..320679b0 100644
--- a/tests/odm/models.py
+++ b/tests/odm/models.py
@@ -854,3 +854,7 @@ class Settings:
                 name="text_index",
             )
         ]
+
+
+class TestDocumentWithList(Document):
+    list_values: List[str]
diff --git a/tests/odm/query/test_update.py b/tests/odm/query/test_update.py
index f0025660..977734f0 100644
--- a/tests/odm/query/test_update.py
+++ b/tests/odm/query/test_update.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from beanie.odm.operators.update.general import Set, Max
+from beanie.odm.queries.update import UpdateResponse
 from tests.odm.models import Sample
 
 
@@ -194,6 +195,22 @@ async def test_update_one_upsert_without_insert(
     assert len(new_docs) == 0
 
 
+async def test_update_one_upsert_without_insert_return_doc(
+    preset_documents, sample_doc_not_saved
+):
+    result = await Sample.find_one(Sample.integer > 1).upsert(
+        Set({Sample.integer: 100}),
+        on_insert=sample_doc_not_saved,
+        response_type=UpdateResponse.NEW_DOCUMENT,
+    )
+    assert isinstance(result, Sample)
+
+    new_docs = await Sample.find_many(
+        Sample.string == sample_doc_not_saved.string
+    ).to_list()
+    assert len(new_docs) == 0
+
+
 async def test_update_pymongo_kwargs(preset_documents):
     with pytest.raises(TypeError):
         await Sample.find_many(Sample.increment > 4).update(
diff --git a/tests/odm/test_relations.py b/tests/odm/test_relations.py
index 80bded59..ef8298ea 100644
--- a/tests/odm/test_relations.py
+++ b/tests/odm/test_relations.py
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ async def test_multi_insert_links(self):
         house.windows.append(new_window)
         await house.save(link_rule=WriteRules.WRITE)
         for win in house.windows:
+            print(type(win), win)
             assert isinstance(win, Window)
             assert win.id