diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/workflow/update.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/workflow/update.go
index 52df87acc8b..3152d3d4a65 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/workflow/update.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/vreplication/workflow/update.go
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ func commandUpdate(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			TabletSelectionPreference: tsp,
 			OnDdl:                     binlogdatapb.OnDDLAction(onddl),
 			Shards:                    baseOptions.Shards,
+			State:                     binlogdatapb.VReplicationWorkflowState(textutil.SimulatedNullInt), // We don't allow changing this in the client command
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
index b14b649d6b7..c63fc245535 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
 
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/endtoend/cluster"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/wrangler"
 
 	binlogdatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/binlogdata"
+	vtctldatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/vtctldata"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -212,19 +214,42 @@ func tstWorkflowComplete(t *testing.T) error {
 // to primary,replica,rdonly (the only applicable types in these tests).
 func testWorkflowUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	tabletTypes := "primary,replica,rdonly"
-	// Test vtctlclient first
+	// Test vtctlclient first.
 	_, err := vc.VtctlClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--", "--tablet-types", tabletTypes, "noexist.noexist", "update")
 	require.Error(t, err, err)
 	resp, err := vc.VtctlClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--", "--tablet-types", tabletTypes, ksWorkflow, "update")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotEmpty(t, resp)
 
-	// Test vtctldclient last
+	// Test vtctldclient last.
 	_, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--keyspace", "noexist", "update", "--workflow", "noexist", "--tablet-types", tabletTypes)
 	require.Error(t, err)
+	// Change the tablet-types to rdonly.
+	resp, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--keyspace", targetKs, "update", "--workflow", workflowName, "--tablet-types", "rdonly")
+	require.NoError(t, err, err)
+	// Confirm that we changed the workflow.
+	var ures vtctldatapb.WorkflowUpdateResponse
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = protojson.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &ures)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Greater(t, len(ures.Details), 0)
+	require.True(t, ures.Details[0].Changed)
+	// Change tablet-types back to primary,replica,rdonly.
 	resp, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--keyspace", targetKs, "update", "--workflow", workflowName, "--tablet-types", tabletTypes)
 	require.NoError(t, err, err)
-	require.NotEmpty(t, resp)
+	// Confirm that we changed the workflow.
+	err = protojson.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &ures)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Greater(t, len(ures.Details), 0)
+	require.True(t, ures.Details[0].Changed)
+	// Execute a no-op as tablet-types is already primary,replica,rdonly.
+	resp, err = vc.VtctldClient.ExecuteCommandWithOutput("workflow", "--keyspace", targetKs, "update", "--workflow", workflowName, "--tablet-types", tabletTypes)
+	require.NoError(t, err, err)
+	// Confirm that we didn't change the workflow.
+	err = protojson.Unmarshal([]byte(resp), &ures)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Greater(t, len(ures.Details), 0)
+	require.False(t, ures.Details[0].Changed)
 }
 
 func tstWorkflowCancel(t *testing.T) error {
diff --git a/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go b/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
index 919783e2f76..324cdda0a76 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtctl/vtctl.go
@@ -3829,6 +3829,7 @@ func commandWorkflow(ctx context.Context, wr *wrangler.Wrangler, subFlags *pflag
 				TabletTypes:               tabletTypes,
 				TabletSelectionPreference: tsp,
 				OnDdl:                     binlogdatapb.OnDDLAction(onddl),
+				State:                     binlogdatapb.VReplicationWorkflowState(textutil.SimulatedNullInt), // We don't allow changing this in the client command
 			}
 		}
 		results, err = wr.WorkflowAction(ctx, workflow, keyspace, action, *dryRun, rpcReq, *shards) // Only update currently uses the new RPC path
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_vreplication.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_vreplication.go
index 9e1cf1a2471..a274da98fdf 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_vreplication.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_vreplication.go
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) UpdateVReplicationWorkflow(ctx context.Context, req *ta
 		return &tabletmanagerdatapb.UpdateVReplicationWorkflowResponse{Result: nil}, nil
 	}
 
+	rowsAffected := uint64(0)
 	for _, row := range res.Named().Rows {
 		id := row.AsInt64("id", 0)
 		cells := strings.Split(row.AsString("cell", ""), ",")
@@ -472,11 +473,12 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) UpdateVReplicationWorkflow(ctx context.Context, req *ta
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		rowsAffected += res.RowsAffected
 	}
 
 	return &tabletmanagerdatapb.UpdateVReplicationWorkflowResponse{
 		Result: &querypb.QueryResult{
-			RowsAffected: uint64(len(res.Rows)),
+			RowsAffected: rowsAffected,
 		},
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -499,7 +501,7 @@ func (tm *TabletManager) UpdateVReplicationWorkflows(ctx context.Context, req *t
 
 	return &tabletmanagerdatapb.UpdateVReplicationWorkflowsResponse{
 		Result: &querypb.QueryResult{
-			RowsAffected: uint64(len(res.Rows)),
+			RowsAffected: res.RowsAffected,
 		},
 	}, nil
 }