diff --git a/src/Execution/Arguments/UpsertModel.php b/src/Execution/Arguments/UpsertModel.php
index f8c481f90..bc1984888 100644
--- a/src/Execution/Arguments/UpsertModel.php
+++ b/src/Execution/Arguments/UpsertModel.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Nuwave\Lighthouse\Execution\Arguments;
 
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Nuwave\Lighthouse\Support\Contracts\ArgResolver;
 
 class UpsertModel implements ArgResolver
@@ -22,14 +23,11 @@ public function __construct(callable $previous)
     public function __invoke($model, $args): mixed
     {
         // TODO consider Laravel native ->upsert(), available from 8.10
-        $id = $args->arguments['id']
-            ?? $args->arguments[$model->getKeyName()]
-            ?? null;
 
-        $idValue = $id?->value;
-        if ($idValue) {
+        $id = $this->retrieveID($model, $args);
+        if ($id) {
             $existingModel = $model->newQuery()
-                ->find($idValue);
+                ->find($id);
 
             if ($existingModel !== null) {
                 $model = $existingModel;
@@ -38,4 +36,24 @@ public function __invoke($model, $args): mixed
 
         return ($this->previous)($model, $args);
     }
+
+    /** @return mixed The value of the ID or null */
+    protected function retrieveID(Model $model, ArgumentSet $args)
+    {
+        foreach (['id', $model->getKeyName()] as $key) {
+            if (! isset($args->arguments[$key])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $id = $args->arguments[$key]->value;
+            if ($id) {
+                return $id;
+            }
+
+            // Prevent passing along empty IDs that would be filled into the model
+            unset($args->arguments[$key]);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Utils/Models/Post.php b/tests/Utils/Models/Post.php
index e48825f01..ae77420df 100644
--- a/tests/Utils/Models/Post.php
+++ b/tests/Utils/Models/Post.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Tests\Utils\Models;
 
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
@@ -48,6 +49,15 @@ final class Post extends Model
     use Searchable;
     use SoftDeletes;
 
+    /** @return Attribute<int, int> */
+    protected function id(): Attribute
+    {
+        return Attribute::make(
+            get: fn (mixed $_, array $attributes): int => $attributes[$this->primaryKey],
+            set: fn (int $id) => [$this->primaryKey => $id],
+        );
+    }
+
     /** @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphMany<\Tests\Utils\Models\Activity, $this> */
     public function activity(): MorphMany
     {