diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 283f3a3c..12140e25 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 1.0.2 under development
 
-- no changes in this release.
+- Bug #278: Remove `RECURSIVE` expression from CTE queries (@Tigrov)
 
 ## 1.0.1 July 24, 2023
 
diff --git a/src/DQLQueryBuilder.php b/src/DQLQueryBuilder.php
index e9b37507..cd91f722 100644
--- a/src/DQLQueryBuilder.php
+++ b/src/DQLQueryBuilder.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Yiisoft\Db\Expression\ExpressionInterface;
 use Yiisoft\Db\Mssql\Builder\InConditionBuilder;
 use Yiisoft\Db\Mssql\Builder\LikeConditionBuilder;
+use Yiisoft\Db\Query\Query;
 use Yiisoft\Db\QueryBuilder\AbstractDQLQueryBuilder;
 use Yiisoft\Db\QueryBuilder\Condition\InCondition;
 use Yiisoft\Db\QueryBuilder\Condition\LikeCondition;
@@ -109,4 +110,14 @@ protected function extractAlias(string $table): array|bool
 
         return parent::extractAlias($table);
     }
+
+    public function buildWithQueries(array $withs, array &$params): string
+    {
+        /** @psalm-var array{query:string|Query, alias:ExpressionInterface|string, recursive:bool}[] $withs */
+        foreach ($withs as &$with) {
+            $with['recursive'] = false;
+        }
+
+        return parent::buildWithQueries($withs, $params);
+    }
 }