diff --git a/cmd/common.go b/cmd/common.go
index 1a0e80f14..8788e914a 100644
--- a/cmd/common.go
+++ b/cmd/common.go
@@ -146,9 +146,12 @@ func syncMain(ctx context.Context, filenames []string, dry bool, parallelism,
 		jsonOutput.Errors = []string{}
 		jsonOutput.Warnings = []string{}
 		jsonOutput.Changes = diff.EntityChanges{
-			Creating: []diff.EntityState{},
-			Updating: []diff.EntityState{},
-			Deleting: []diff.EntityState{},
+			Creating:         []diff.EntityState{},
+			Updating:         []diff.EntityState{},
+			Deleting:         []diff.EntityState{},
+			DroppedCreations: []diff.EntityState{},
+			DroppedUpdates:   []diff.EntityState{},
+			DroppedDeletions: []diff.EntityState{},
 		}
 	}
 	targetContent, err := file.GetContentFromFiles(filenames, false)
@@ -691,20 +694,18 @@ func performDiff(ctx context.Context, currentState, targetState *state.KongState
 	}
 
 	stats, errs, changes := s.Solve(ctx, parallelism, dry, enableJSONOutput)
+	totalOps := stats.CreateOps.Count() + stats.UpdateOps.Count() + stats.DeleteOps.Count()
 	// print stats before error to report completed operations
 	if !enableJSONOutput {
 		printStats(stats)
-	}
-	if errs != nil {
-		return 0, reconcilerUtils.ErrArray{Errors: errs}
-	}
-	totalOps := stats.CreateOps.Count() + stats.UpdateOps.Count() + stats.DeleteOps.Count()
-
-	if enableJSONOutput {
+	} else {
 		jsonOutput.Changes = diff.EntityChanges{
-			Creating: append(jsonOutput.Changes.Creating, changes.Creating...),
-			Updating: append(jsonOutput.Changes.Updating, changes.Updating...),
-			Deleting: append(jsonOutput.Changes.Deleting, changes.Deleting...),
+			Creating:         append(jsonOutput.Changes.Creating, changes.Creating...),
+			Updating:         append(jsonOutput.Changes.Updating, changes.Updating...),
+			Deleting:         append(jsonOutput.Changes.Deleting, changes.Deleting...),
+			DroppedCreations: append(jsonOutput.Changes.DroppedCreations, changes.DroppedCreations...),
+			DroppedUpdates:   append(jsonOutput.Changes.DroppedUpdates, changes.DroppedUpdates...),
+			DroppedDeletions: append(jsonOutput.Changes.DroppedDeletions, changes.DroppedDeletions...),
 		}
 		jsonOutput.Summary = diff.Summary{
 			Creating: stats.CreateOps.Count(),
@@ -713,6 +714,10 @@ func performDiff(ctx context.Context, currentState, targetState *state.KongState
 			Total:    totalOps,
 		}
 	}
+	if errs != nil {
+		return 0, reconcilerUtils.ErrArray{Errors: errs}
+	}
+
 	return int(totalOps), nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 87db2f47a..90d9bf87d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0
 	github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.2.1
-	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.0
+	github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.1-0.20251222062637-7b26eddcaf74
 	github.com/kong/go-kong v0.71.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f44a6c2c..06af2fcfe 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5 h1:0E5MSMDEoAulmXNFquVs//DdoomxaoTY1kUhbc/q
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.5/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=
 github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.2.1 h1:6HtyQyOj+CLA86iRtXA6rpTqemp7VqJJ6gpHyNHdB7o=
 github.com/kong/go-apiops v0.2.1/go.mod h1:yPwbl3P2eQinVGAEA0d3legaYmzPJ+WtJf9fSeGF4b8=
-github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.0 h1:LITt0L/EhajVaSNDMj/TOxh4Cst7CRhiTykYMMlOoLk=
-github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.0/go.mod h1:kw4+JGF6iv70LcLBmuY2UuMr8KSdqop77IR86B1mYvU=
+github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.1-0.20251222062637-7b26eddcaf74 h1:CZH3uu/dNY3U53w/LycO03pt+ekR6YqznkWgdjkjzeo=
+github.com/kong/go-database-reconciler v1.31.1-0.20251222062637-7b26eddcaf74/go.mod h1:kw4+JGF6iv70LcLBmuY2UuMr8KSdqop77IR86B1mYvU=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.71.0 h1:unPik6osV1DD3DF+jLs9oMedxWQsnepPYTm1dRQSIa4=
 github.com/kong/go-kong v0.71.0/go.mod h1:J0vGB3wsZ2i99zly1zTRe3v7rOKpkhQZRwbcTFP76qM=
 github.com/kong/go-slugify v1.0.0 h1:vCFAyf2sdoSlBtLcrmDWUFn0ohlpKiKvQfXZkO5vSKY=