diff --git a/libs/features/sql-editor/src/sql-editor.component.spec.ts b/libs/features/sql-editor/src/sql-editor.component.spec.ts
index 27664b94c2a..e8d1286dc3b 100644
--- a/libs/features/sql-editor/src/sql-editor.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/features/sql-editor/src/sql-editor.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ import { SqlEditorComponent } from './sql-editor.component';
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import { CodeEditor } from '@acrodata/code-editor';
 
+// Simulate a user edit: dispatch a doc change without the `External` annotation
+// that `writeValue`/`setValue` use, so the editor propagates it through ngModel.
+const typeInEditor = (editor: CodeEditor, value: string): void => {
+  editor.view.dispatch({
+    changes: { from: 0, to: editor.view.state.doc.length, insert: value },
+  });
+};
+
 export class SqlEditorPage extends PageObject<SqlEditorComponent> {
   readonly DT = 'ngx-datatable';
 
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ describe('SqlEditorComponent', () => {
     const { page, mysqlQueryService, codeEditorInstance } = setup();
     const customQuery = 'SELECT col FROM table WHERE col > 10';
 
-    codeEditorInstance.writeValue(customQuery);
+    typeInEditor(codeEditorInstance, customQuery);
     page.clickElement(page.executeBtn);
 
     expect(mysqlQueryService.query).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customQuery);
@@ -175,7 +183,7 @@ describe('SqlEditorComponent', () => {
     const spy = vi.spyOn(TestBed.inject(ClipboardService), 'copyFromContent').mockImplementation(() => undefined);
     const customQuery = '-- some text that will be copied';
 
-    codeEditorInstance.writeValue(customQuery);
+    typeInEditor(codeEditorInstance, customQuery);
     page.clickElement(page.copyBtn);
 
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(customQuery);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 22b1af00f8a..960cee26a3b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "3.10.5-dev",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "dependencies": {
-        "@acrodata/code-editor": "0.5.1",
+        "@acrodata/code-editor": "0.6.1",
         "@codemirror/lang-sql": "6.10.0",
         "@ngx-translate/core": "17.0.0",
         "@ngx-translate/http-loader": "17.0.0",
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@acrodata/code-editor": {
-      "version": "0.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@acrodata/code-editor/-/code-editor-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ta0prFRwXQgLSqBtjzpR9+eWXPpFh/+tS/BQapoA89cMnJDo6zCjkfEax41uO5xb96UJA3IAuYM22jUA6G4WRw==",
+      "version": "0.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@acrodata/code-editor/-/code-editor-0.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Aw8N0hvPodMp7e07XJePhs+bZzOX+Ji8f2dMctCPgD+RSx7QIBJWC5msvtSeI8T8QFjOjrcBMlMLBJ9hruZkeg==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@codemirror/merge": "^6.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e9b04a509e..a9bc5d696e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky install"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@acrodata/code-editor": "0.5.1",
+    "@acrodata/code-editor": "0.6.1",
     "@codemirror/lang-sql": "6.10.0",
     "@ngx-translate/core": "17.0.0",
     "@ngx-translate/http-loader": "17.0.0",