diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/node/update.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/node/update.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..899014a3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/node/update.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import type { MockProxy } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+import { mock } from 'jest-mock-extended';
+import type { IExecuteFunctions, INode } from 'n8n-workflow';
+
+import { execute } from '../../../v2/actions/sheet/update.operation';
+import type { GoogleSheet } from '../../../v2/helpers/GoogleSheet';
+
+describe('Google Sheet - Update', () => {
+	let mockExecuteFunctions: MockProxy<IExecuteFunctions>;
+	let mockGoogleSheet: MockProxy<GoogleSheet>;
+
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		mockExecuteFunctions = mock<IExecuteFunctions>();
+		mockGoogleSheet = mock<GoogleSheet>();
+	});
+
+	it('should update by row_number and not insert it as a new column', async () => {
+		mockExecuteFunctions.getInputData.mockReturnValueOnce([
+			{
+				json: {
+					row_number: 3,
+					name: 'NEW NAME',
+					text: 'NEW TEXT',
+				},
+				pairedItem: {
+					item: 0,
+					input: undefined,
+				},
+			},
+		]);
+
+		mockExecuteFunctions.getNode.mockReturnValueOnce(mock<INode>({ typeVersion: 4.5 }));
+		mockExecuteFunctions.getNodeParameter
+			.mockReturnValueOnce('USER_ENTERED') // valueInputMode
+			.mockReturnValueOnce({}); // options
+		mockExecuteFunctions.getNodeParameter.mockReturnValueOnce(['row_number']); // columnsToMatchOn
+		mockExecuteFunctions.getNodeParameter.mockReturnValueOnce('autoMapInputData'); // dataMode
+
+		mockGoogleSheet.getData.mockResolvedValueOnce([
+			['id', 'name', 'text'],
+			['1', 'a', 'a'],
+			['2', 'x', 'x'],
+			['3', 'b', 'b'],
+		]);
+
+		mockGoogleSheet.getColumnValues.mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
+
+		mockGoogleSheet.prepareDataForUpdatingByRowNumber.mockReturnValueOnce({
+			updateData: [
+				{
+					range: 'Sheet1!B3',
+					values: [['NEW NAME']],
+				},
+				{
+					range: 'Sheet1!C3',
+					values: [['NEW TEXT']],
+				},
+			],
+		});
+
+		mockGoogleSheet.batchUpdate.mockResolvedValueOnce([]);
+
+		await execute.call(mockExecuteFunctions, mockGoogleSheet, 'Sheet1');
+
+		expect(mockGoogleSheet.getData).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Sheet1', 'FORMATTED_VALUE');
+		expect(mockGoogleSheet.getColumnValues).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+			range: 'Sheet1!A:Z',
+			keyIndex: -1,
+			dataStartRowIndex: 1,
+			valueRenderMode: 'UNFORMATTED_VALUE',
+			sheetData: [
+				['id', 'name', 'text'],
+				['1', 'a', 'a'],
+				['2', 'x', 'x'],
+				['3', 'b', 'b'],
+			],
+		});
+		expect(mockGoogleSheet.prepareDataForUpdatingByRowNumber).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			[
+				{
+					row_number: 3,
+					name: 'NEW NAME',
+					text: 'NEW TEXT',
+				},
+			],
+			'Sheet1!A:Z',
+			[['id', 'name', 'text']],
+		);
+
+		expect(mockGoogleSheet.batchUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			[
+				{
+					range: 'Sheet1!B3',
+					values: [['NEW NAME']],
+				},
+				{
+					range: 'Sheet1!C3',
+					values: [['NEW TEXT']],
+				},
+			],
+			'USER_ENTERED',
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/sheet/update.operation.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/sheet/update.operation.ts
index 1d80ec0b82..16478cb11c 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/sheet/update.operation.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/sheet/update.operation.ts
@@ -307,11 +307,11 @@ export async function execute(
 			if (handlingExtraDataOption === 'ignoreIt') {
 				inputData.push(items[i].json);
 			}
-			if (handlingExtraDataOption === 'error' && columnsToMatchOn[0] !== 'row_number') {
+			if (handlingExtraDataOption === 'error') {
 				Object.keys(items[i].json).forEach((key) => errorOnUnexpectedColumn(key, i));
 				inputData.push(items[i].json);
 			}
-			if (handlingExtraDataOption === 'insertInNewColumn' && columnsToMatchOn[0] !== 'row_number') {
+			if (handlingExtraDataOption === 'insertInNewColumn') {
 				Object.keys(items[i].json).forEach(addNewColumn);
 				inputData.push(items[i].json);
 			}