diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4b8a478b..5178060a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# WIP 0.14.8
+
+* Neo4JStore - rewrite attributes instead of upsert
+
 # 0.14.7
 
 * Make CLI accept multiple `--name` values
diff --git a/datapipe/store/neo4j.py b/datapipe/store/neo4j.py
index d9411234..35be3b9c 100644
--- a/datapipe/store/neo4j.py
+++ b/datapipe/store/neo4j.py
@@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ def insert_rows(self, df: DataDF) -> None:
         if self._mode == "node":
             for node_type, gdf in df.groupby("node_type"):  # group by label for single-label bulk queries
                 rows = [
-                    {"id": r["node_id"], "props": r.get("attributes", {}) or {}} for r in gdf.to_dict(orient="records")
+                    {"id": r["node_id"], "props": {"id": r["node_id"], **(r.get("attributes", {}) or {})}}
+                    for r in gdf.to_dict(orient="records")
                 ]
-                cypher = f"UNWIND $rows AS row\nMERGE (n:`{node_type}` {{id: row.id}})\nSET   n += row.props"
+                cypher = f"UNWIND $rows AS row\nMERGE (n:`{node_type}` {{id: row.id}})\nSET n = row.props"
                 self._run_query(cypher, {"rows": rows})
 
         else:  # unwind edges in the same fashion
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ def insert_rows(self, df: DataDF) -> None:
                     f"MERGE (from:`{from_type}` {{id: row.from_id}})\n"
                     f"MERGE (to:`{to_type}` {{id: row.to_id}})\n"
                     f"MERGE (from)-[r:`{edge_label}`]->(to)\n"
-                    f"SET r += row.props"
+                    f"SET r = row.props"
                 )
                 self._run_query(cypher, {"rows": rows})
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91952309..ed2c74e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "datapipe-core"
-version = "0.14.7"
+version = "0.14.8-alpha.1"
 description = "`datapipe` is a realtime incremental ETL library for Python application"
 authors = [{ name = "Andrey Tatarinov", email = "a@tatarinov.co" }]
 readme = "README.md"