diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/setstatement/sysvar_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/setstatement/sysvar_test.go
index bfacd2c4d04..71ac50e4a37 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/setstatement/sysvar_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vtgate/setstatement/sysvar_test.go
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ func TestCharsetIntro(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = exec(t, conn, "insert into test (id,val1) values (666, _binary'abc')")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = exec(t, conn, "update test set val1 = _latin1'xyz' where id = 666")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = exec(t, conn, "delete from test where val1 = _utf8'xyz'")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	qr, err := exec(t, conn, "select id from test where val1 = _utf8mb4'xyz'")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.EqualValues(t, 0, qr.RowsAffected)
 }
 
 func TestSetSysVar(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/dml_cases.txt b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/dml_cases.txt
index 0f43e3b8611..d2b6d946592 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/dml_cases.txt
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/testdata/dml_cases.txt
@@ -2101,3 +2101,52 @@
     "Vindex": "kid_index"
   }
 }
+
+# update with binary value
+"update user set name = _binary 'abc' where id = 1"
+{
+  "QueryType": "UPDATE",
+  "Original": "update user set name = _binary 'abc' where id = 1",
+  "Instructions": {
+    "OperatorType": "Update",
+    "Variant": "Equal",
+    "Keyspace": {
+      "Name": "user",
+      "Sharded": true
+    },
+    "TargetTabletType": "MASTER",
+    "ChangedVindexValues": [
+      "name_user_map"
+    ],
+    "KsidVindex": "user_index",
+    "MultiShardAutocommit": false,
+    "OwnedVindexQuery": "select Id, Name, Costly from user where id = 1 for update",
+    "Query": "update user set name = _binary 'abc' where id = 1",
+    "Table": "user",
+    "Values": [
+      1
+    ],
+    "Vindex": "user_index"
+  }
+}
+
+# delete with binary value
+"delete from user where name = _binary 'abc'"
+{
+  "QueryType": "DELETE",
+  "Original": "delete from user where name = _binary 'abc'",
+  "Instructions": {
+    "OperatorType": "Delete",
+    "Variant": "Scatter",
+    "Keyspace": {
+      "Name": "user",
+      "Sharded": true
+    },
+    "TargetTabletType": "MASTER",
+    "KsidVindex": "user_index",
+    "MultiShardAutocommit": false,
+    "OwnedVindexQuery": "select Id, Name, Costly from user where name = _binary 'abc' for update",
+    "Query": "delete from user where name = _binary 'abc'",
+    "Table": "user"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/update.go b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/update.go
index a0f174f782e..dfbf18fa01f 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/update.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/planbuilder/update.go
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ func buildChangedVindexesValues(update *sqlparser.Update, colVindexes []*vindexe
 // extractValueFromUpdate given an UpdateExpr attempts to extracts the Value
 // it's holding. At the moment it only supports: StrVal, HexVal, IntVal, ValArg.
 // If a complex expression is provided (e.g set name = name + 1), the update will be rejected.
-func extractValueFromUpdate(upd *sqlparser.UpdateExpr) (pv sqltypes.PlanValue, err error) {
-	if !sqlparser.IsValue(upd.Expr) && !sqlparser.IsNull(upd.Expr) {
+func extractValueFromUpdate(upd *sqlparser.UpdateExpr) (sqltypes.PlanValue, error) {
+	pv, err := sqlparser.NewPlanValue(upd.Expr)
+	if err != nil || sqlparser.IsSimpleTuple(upd.Expr) {
 		err := vterrors.Errorf(vtrpcpb.Code_UNIMPLEMENTED, "unsupported: Only values are supported. Invalid update on column: %v", upd.Name.Name)
 		return sqltypes.PlanValue{}, err
 	}
-	return sqlparser.NewPlanValue(upd.Expr)
+	return pv, nil
 }