diff --git a/callbacks/preload.go b/callbacks/preload.go
index 4a6f2b79..fd8214bb 100644
--- a/callbacks/preload.go
+++ b/callbacks/preload.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func preloadEntryPoint(db *gorm.DB, joins []string, relationships *schema.Relati
 					return gorm.ErrInvalidData
 				}
 			} else {
-				tx := db.Table("").Session(&gorm.Session{Context: db.Statement.Context, SkipHooks: db.Statement.SkipHooks, Initialized: true})
+				tx := db.Table("").Session(&gorm.Session{Context: db.Statement.Context, SkipHooks: db.Statement.SkipHooks})
 				tx.Statement.ReflectValue = db.Statement.ReflectValue
 				tx.Statement.Unscoped = db.Statement.Unscoped
 				if err := preload(tx, rel, append(preloads[name], associationsConds...), preloadMap[name]); err != nil {
diff --git a/generics.go b/generics.go
index 230f07f5..7c7257f6 100644
--- a/generics.go
+++ b/generics.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func (c chainG[T]) Order(value interface{}) ChainInterface[T] {
 func (c chainG[T]) Preload(association string, query func(db PreloadBuilder) error) ChainInterface[T] {
 	return c.with(func(db *DB) *DB {
 		return db.Preload(association, func(tx *DB) *DB {
-			q := preloadBuilder{db: tx}
+			q := preloadBuilder{db: tx.getInstance()}
 			if query != nil {
 				if err := query(q); err != nil {
 					db.AddError(err)
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 7f4d84f7..1c644f31 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.5.11
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlite v1.5.7
 	gorm.io/driver/sqlserver v1.5.4
-	gorm.io/gorm v1.25.12
+	gorm.io/gorm v1.26.1
 )
 
 require (
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang-sql/sqlexp v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
-	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.4 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.5 // indirect
 	github.com/jinzhu/inflection v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.28 // indirect
-	github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.38.0 // indirect