diff --git a/go/go.mod b/go/go.mod
index ee3fa6f845..38c03ced36 100644
--- a/go/go.mod
+++ b/go/go.mod
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/dolthub/dolt-mcp v0.3.4
 	github.com/dolthub/eventsapi_schema v0.0.0-20260205214132-a7a3c84c84a1
 	github.com/dolthub/flatbuffers/v23 v23.3.3-dh.2
-	github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260213062726-011f65546a78
+	github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260218225752-a8094b27e17e
 	github.com/dolthub/gozstd v0.0.0-20240423170813-23a2903bca63
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.2.0
 	github.com/esote/minmaxheap v1.0.0
diff --git a/go/go.sum b/go/go.sum
index fdd5a84a21..69c4ce1232 100644
--- a/go/go.sum
+++ b/go/go.sum
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ github.com/dolthub/fslock v0.0.0-20251215194149-ef20baba2318 h1:n+vdH5G5Db+1qnDC
 github.com/dolthub/fslock v0.0.0-20251215194149-ef20baba2318/go.mod h1:QWql+P17oAAMLnL4HGB5tiovtDuAjdDTPbuqx7bYfa0=
 github.com/dolthub/go-icu-regex v0.0.0-20250916051405-78a38d478790 h1:zxMsH7RLiG+dlZ/y0LgJHTV26XoiSJcuWq+em6t6VVc=
 github.com/dolthub/go-icu-regex v0.0.0-20250916051405-78a38d478790/go.mod h1:F3cnm+vMRK1HaU6+rNqQrOCyR03HHhR1GWG2gnPOqaE=
-github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260213062726-011f65546a78 h1:CYkSXZmqy9fSwM2ORDgr2Pm1FoWm7cQGtvFkKUYOx5k=
-github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260213062726-011f65546a78/go.mod h1:LEWdXw6LKjdonOv2X808RpUc8wZVtQx4ZEPvmDWkvY4=
+github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260218225752-a8094b27e17e h1:c0NPBPHpmFo1FCedPWBZbMUCmmW315uABdsaIHfcPo4=
+github.com/dolthub/go-mysql-server v0.20.1-0.20260218225752-a8094b27e17e/go.mod h1:LEWdXw6LKjdonOv2X808RpUc8wZVtQx4ZEPvmDWkvY4=
 github.com/dolthub/gozstd v0.0.0-20240423170813-23a2903bca63 h1:OAsXLAPL4du6tfbBgK0xXHZkOlos63RdKYS3Sgw/dfI=
 github.com/dolthub/gozstd v0.0.0-20240423170813-23a2903bca63/go.mod h1:lV7lUeuDhH5thVGDCKXbatwKy2KW80L4rMT46n+Y2/Q=
 github.com/dolthub/ishell v0.0.0-20240701202509-2b217167d718 h1:lT7hE5k+0nkBdj/1UOSFwjWpNxf+LCApbRHgnCA17XE=
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/statspro/script_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/statspro/script_test.go
index edfe7678a3..62e3d5ba11 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/statspro/script_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/sqle/statspro/script_test.go
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ func TestStatScripts(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "vector index",
 			setup: []string{
-				"create table xy (x int primary key, y json, vector key(y))",
-				"insert into xy values (0, '0'), (1, '1'), (2, '2'), (3, NULL), (4, NULL)",
+				"create table xy (x int primary key, y json not null, vector key(y))",
+				"insert into xy values (0, '0'), (1, '1'), (2, '2'), (3, '3'), (4, '4')",
 			},
 			assertions: []assertion{
 				{
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/vector-index.bats b/integration-tests/bats/vector-index.bats
index 8d233f6088..78e8885ffd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/vector-index.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/vector-index.bats
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@ setup() {
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE onepk (
   pk1 BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
-  v1 JSON
+  v1 JSON NOT NULL
 );
 CREATE TABLE twopk (
   pk1 BIGINT,
   pk2 BIGINT,
-  v1 JSON,
+  v1 JSON NOT NULL,
   PRIMARY KEY(pk1, pk2)
 );
 SQL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ teardown() {
 
 @test "vector-index: rebuild smoke test" {
     skip_if_remote
-    dolt sql -q "CREATE TABLE t (pk int PRIMARY KEY, col1 JSON);"
+    dolt sql -q "CREATE TABLE t (pk int PRIMARY KEY, col1 JSON NOT NULL);"
     dolt sql -q "INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, '[0]');"
     dolt sql -q "CREATE VECTOR INDEX t_idx on t(col1);"
     dolt index cat t t_idx -r csv
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ teardown() {
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE test(
   pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
-  v1 JSON,
+  v1 JSON NOT NULL,
   VECTOR INDEX (v1)
 );
 SQL
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ SQL
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE test(
   pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
-  v1 JSON,
+  v1 JSON NOT NULL,
   UNIQUE VECTOR INDEX (v1)
 );
 SQL
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ SQL
     dolt sql <<SQL
 CREATE TABLE test(
   pk BIGINT PRIMARY KEY,
-  v1 JSON,
+  v1 JSON NOT NULL,
   VECTOR INDEX idx_v1 (v1) COMMENT 'hello there'
 );
 SQL