diff --git a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/integrationTest/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/IntegrationTest.kt b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/integrationTest/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/IntegrationTest.kt
index 42189bf974..cf09513d64 100644
--- a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/integrationTest/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/IntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/integrationTest/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/IntegrationTest.kt
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ internal class IntegrationTest {
                 """
             LED 11/09/2025
             ACR 26/11/2022
-            PED 26/10/2022
             SED 10/09/2025
             EXP 27/11/2022
             HDE 28/10/2022
diff --git a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/CustodyDateUpdateService.kt b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/CustodyDateUpdateService.kt
index 1e04fda2eb..e1c119973d 100644
--- a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/CustodyDateUpdateService.kt
+++ b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/CustodyDateUpdateService.kt
@@ -67,21 +67,13 @@ class CustodyDateUpdateService(
         sentenceDetail: SentenceDetail,
         custody: Custody
     ): List<KeyDate> = CustodyDateType.entries.mapNotNull { cdt ->
-        val date = cdt.field.getter.call(sentenceDetail)
-        if (date == null) {
-            custody.keyDates.find(cdt.code)?.let {
-                val kd = KeyDate(it.id, it.custody, it.type, it.date)
-                kd.softDeleted = true
-                kd.version = it.version
-                kd
-            }
-        } else {
+        cdt.field.getter.call(sentenceDetail)?.let {
             val existing = custody.keyDates.find(cdt.code)
             if (existing != null) {
-                existing.changeDate(date)
+                existing.changeDate(it)
             } else {
                 val kdt = referenceDataRepository.findKeyDateType(cdt.code)
-                KeyDate(null, custody, kdt, date)
+                KeyDate(null, custody, kdt, it)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/KeyDate.kt b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/KeyDate.kt
index 10417e9e36..5263a08365 100644
--- a/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/KeyDate.kt
+++ b/projects/custody-key-dates-and-delius/src/main/kotlin/uk/gov/justice/digital/hmpps/integrations/delius/custody/date/KeyDate.kt
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ class KeyDate(
     fun changeDate(date: LocalDate): KeyDate? = if (this.date == date) {
         null
     } else {
-        val keyDate = KeyDate(id, custody, type, date)
-        keyDate.version = version
-        keyDate
+        // create new entity to allow dry run to not make changes
+        KeyDate(id, custody, type, date).also {
+            it.createdDateTime = createdDateTime
+            it.createdUserId = createdUserId
+            it.version = version
+        }
     }
 }