diff --git a/app/realtime.php b/app/realtime.php
index 9c8ad2d0ab..6dbee667e3 100644
--- a/app/realtime.php
+++ b/app/realtime.php
@@ -1235,8 +1235,7 @@ $server->onMessage(function (int $connection, string $message) use ($server, $re
                     // if presenceId differs then it will create a new document and not update the existing one
                     // TODO: send better error message telling about the presenceId mismatch
                     $existingPresence = $database->findOne('presenceLogs', [Query::equal('userId', [$userId])]);
-                    $presenceDocument->setAttribute('$id', $existingPresence->getId());
-                    $presence = $database->upsertDocument('presenceLogs', $presenceDocument);
+                    $presence = $database->updateDocument('presenceLogs', $existingPresence->getId(), $presenceDocument);
                 }
 
                 $presence->removeAttribute('hostname');
diff --git a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Presences/HTTP/Upsert.php b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Presences/HTTP/Upsert.php
index 8b7b3c8a47..5b6d6051a2 100644
--- a/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Presences/HTTP/Upsert.php
+++ b/src/Appwrite/Platform/Modules/Presences/HTTP/Upsert.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use Appwrite\Utopia\Response;
 use Utopia\Database\Database;
 use Utopia\Database\DateTime;
 use Utopia\Database\Document;
+use Utopia\Database\Exception\Duplicate;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Authorization;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Datetime as DatetimeValidator;
 use Utopia\Database\Validator\Permissions;
@@ -125,8 +126,16 @@ class Upsert extends PresenceAction
         if ($presenceId !== 'unique()') {
             $presenceDocument->setAttribute('$id', $presenceId);
         }
-
-        $presence = $dbForProject->upsertDocument('presenceLogs', $presenceDocument);
+        try {
+            $presence = $dbForProject->upsertDocument('presenceLogs', $presenceDocument);
+        } catch (Duplicate $th) {
+            // will be triggerd in case of mongodb adapter everytime as $id needs to be same as well here
+            // in mongodb , upsert works on basis of set and unset by comparing the document with the existing one
+            // if presenceId differs then it will create a new document and not update the existing one
+            // TODO: send better error message telling about the presenceId mismatch
+            $existingPresence = $dbForProject->findOne('presenceLogs', [Query::equal('userId', [$userId])]);
+            $presence = $dbForProject->updateDocument('presenceLogs', $existingPresence->getId(), $presenceDocument);
+        }
         $queueForEvents->setParam('presenceId', $presence->getId());
 
         $response->dynamic($presence, Response::MODEL_PRESENCE);