diff --git a/ConflictSet.cpp b/ConflictSet.cpp
index 10c84b1..cb2ec23 100644
--- a/ConflictSet.cpp
+++ b/ConflictSet.cpp
@@ -4412,6 +4412,9 @@ struct __attribute__((visibility("hidden"))) ConflictSet::Impl {
     assert(writeContext.accum.entries_erased == 0);
     assert(writeContext.accum.entries_inserted == 0);
 
+    // Queue up some gc work just for (potentially) increasing the version
+    ++keyUpdates;
+
     if (oldestExtantVersion < writeVersion - kMaxCorrectVersionWindow)
         [[unlikely]] {
       if (writeVersion > newestVersionFullPrecision + kNominalVersionWindow) {