diff --git a/db-service/lib/cqn4sql.js b/db-service/lib/cqn4sql.js
index 561e2c606..21e929ac9 100644
--- a/db-service/lib/cqn4sql.js
+++ b/db-service/lib/cqn4sql.js
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ function cqn4sql(originalQuery, model) {
         const queryTarget = Object.values(inferred.sources)[0].definition
         const keys = Object.values(queryTarget.elements).filter(e => e.key === true)
         const primaryKey = { list: [] }
-        keys.forEach(k => {
+        keys
+        .filter(k => !k.virtual) // e.g. draft column `isActiveEntity` is virtual and key
+        .forEach(k => {
           // cqn4sql will add the table alias to the column later, no need to add it here
           subquery.SELECT.columns.push({ ref: [k.name] })
 
diff --git a/db-service/test/cqn4sql/UPDATE.test.js b/db-service/test/cqn4sql/UPDATE.test.js
index 5dc37d8f2..dd0e123d0 100644
--- a/db-service/test/cqn4sql/UPDATE.test.js
+++ b/db-service/test/cqn4sql/UPDATE.test.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('UPDATE', () => {
                 left join bookshop.Books as books on books.author_ID = Authors.ID
                 where books.title LIKE '%Heights%'
               )
-    `
+    `,
     ]
     expected.UPDATE.entity = {
       as: 'Authors2',
@@ -169,3 +169,35 @@ describe('UPDATE', () => {
     expect(query.UPDATE).to.deep.equal(expected.UPDATE)
   })
 })
+describe('UPDATE with path expression', () => {
+  let model
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    model = cds.model = await cds.load(__dirname + '/model/update').then(cds.linked)
+    model = cds.compile.for.nodejs(model)
+  })
+
+  it('with path expressions with draft enabled entity', () => {
+    const { UPDATE } = cds.ql
+    let u = UPDATE.entity({ ref: ['bookshop.CatalogService.Books'] }).where(`author.name LIKE '%Bron%'`)
+
+    let expected = UPDATE.entity({ ref: ['bookshop.CatalogService.Books'] })
+
+    // dont use virtual key `isActiveEntity` in `UPDATE … where (<key>) in <subquery>`
+    expected.UPDATE.where = [
+      { list: [{ ref: ['Books2', 'ID'] }] },
+      'in',
+      CQL`
+            (SELECT Books.ID from bookshop.CatalogService.Books as Books
+              left join bookshop.CatalogService.Authors as author on author.ID = Books.author_ID
+              where author.name LIKE '%Bron%'
+            )
+      `,
+    ]
+    expected.UPDATE.entity = {
+      as: 'Books2',
+      ref: ['bookshop.CatalogService.Books'],
+    }
+    let res = cqn4sql(u, model)
+    expect(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(res))).to.deep.equal(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(expected)))
+  })
+})
diff --git a/db-service/test/cqn4sql/model/update.cds b/db-service/test/cqn4sql/model/update.cds
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f7cc3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db-service/test/cqn4sql/model/update.cds
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// dont use virtual key `isActiveEntity` in `UPDATE … where (<key>) in <subquery>`
+// in case of path expressions
+namespace bookshop;
+
+entity Books {
+  key ID : Integer;
+  title  : String;
+  stock  : Integer;
+  author : Association to Authors;
+}
+
+entity Authors {
+  key ID : Integer;
+  name   : String;
+  alive  : Boolean;
+}
+
+service CatalogService {
+   @odata.draft.enabled
+   entity Books as projection on bookshop.Books;
+
+   entity Authors as projection on bookshop.Authors;
+}
diff --git a/test/bookshop/srv/draft-enabled-service.cds b/test/bookshop/srv/draft-enabled-service.cds
index 30bceb848..0629e098f 100644
--- a/test/bookshop/srv/draft-enabled-service.cds
+++ b/test/bookshop/srv/draft-enabled-service.cds
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using { sap.capire.bookshop as my } from '../db/schema';
 service DraftService {
   @odata.draft.enabled
   entity DraftEnabledBooks
@@ -5,4 +6,7 @@ service DraftService {
     key ID : Integer;
     title : String;
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+  @odata.draft.enabled
+  entity MoreDraftEnabledBooks as projection on my.Books;
+}
diff --git a/test/scenarios/bookshop/update.test.js b/test/scenarios/bookshop/update.test.js
index 0eb66d705..f784b9ca9 100644
--- a/test/scenarios/bookshop/update.test.js
+++ b/test/scenarios/bookshop/update.test.js
@@ -149,4 +149,18 @@ describe('Bookshop - Update', () => {
     const res = await UPSERT.into('DraftService.DraftEnabledBooks').entries({ ID: 42, title: 'Foo' })
     expect(res).to.equal(1)
   })
+
+  test('with path expressions on draft enabled service entity', async () => {
+    // make sure `isActiveEntity` is not used in `UPDATE … where (<key>) in <subquery>`
+    // as it is a virtual <key>
+    const { MoreDraftEnabledBooks } = cds.entities('DraftService')
+    const updateRichardsBooks = UPDATE.entity(MoreDraftEnabledBooks)
+    .where(`author.name = 'Richard Carpenter'`)
+    .set('ID = 42')
+    const selectRichardsBooks = CQL`SELECT * FROM ${MoreDraftEnabledBooks} where author.name = 'Richard Carpenter'`
+    
+    await cds.run(updateRichardsBooks)
+    const afterUpdate = await cds.db.run(selectRichardsBooks)
+    expect(afterUpdate[0]).to.have.property('ID').that.equals(42)
+  })
 })