diff --git a/ci/nightly/pipeline.template.yml b/ci/nightly/pipeline.template.yml
index 81e3159c7386e..14cd43ca60675 100644
--- a/ci/nightly/pipeline.template.yml
+++ b/ci/nightly/pipeline.template.yml
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ steps:
                 - common-ancestor
                 - --regression-against
                 - common-ancestor
-                - --workload-group-marker
-                - "DmlDqlWorkload"
+                - --workload
+                - "InsertWorkload"
                 - --max-concurrency
                 - "256"
       - id: scalability-benchmark-ddl
diff --git a/misc/python/materialize/mzcompose/__init__.py b/misc/python/materialize/mzcompose/__init__.py
index b16a2f5d90c08..f9b0166732e3e 100644
--- a/misc/python/materialize/mzcompose/__init__.py
+++ b/misc/python/materialize/mzcompose/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "persist_batch_delete_enabled": "true",
     "persist_fast_path_limit": "1000",
     "persist_inline_update_max_bytes": "1048576",
-    "persist_inline_update_threshold_bytes": "4096",
+    "persist_inline_update_threshold_bytes": "0",
     "persist_pubsub_client_enabled": "true",
     "persist_pubsub_push_diff_enabled": "true",
     "persist_sink_minimum_batch_updates": "128",