diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.cs
index 372c0ce21dd..9ebde32afc6 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.cs
@@ -760,47 +760,26 @@ public async Task Project_Key_To_Collection_Expression_Integration()
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public async Task Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country()
+    public async Task Product_With_Nullable_Reference_Property_Set_To_Null()
     {
         // Arrange
         var queries = new List<string>();
         var connectionString = CreateConnectionString();
-
-        var services = new ServiceCollection()
-            .AddScoped(_ => queries)
-            .AddTransient(_ => new CatalogContext(connectionString))
-            .AddDataLoader(
-                sp => new ProductByBrandIdDataLoader2(
-                    sp,
-                    sp.GetRequiredService<List<string>>(),
-                    sp.GetRequiredService<IBatchScheduler>(),
-                    sp.GetRequiredService<DataLoaderOptions>()))
-            .BuildServiceProvider();
-
-        await using var catalogContext = services.GetRequiredService<CatalogContext>();
-        await catalogContext.Database.EnsureCreatedAsync();
-        catalogContext.Brands.Add(new Brand
-            {
-                Name = "Some brand",
-                Details = new BrandDetails { Country = null },
-            });
-        await catalogContext.SaveChangesAsync();
+        await CatalogContext.SeedAsync(connectionString);
 
         // Act
         var result = await new ServiceCollection()
             .AddScoped(_ => queries)
             .AddTransient(_ => new CatalogContext(connectionString))
             .AddGraphQLServer()
-            .AddQueryType<BrandsQuery>()
-            .AddTypeExtension(typeof(BrandListExtensions))
+            .AddQueryType<ProductsWithNullBrandQuery>()
             .ExecuteRequestAsync(
                 """
                 {
-                    brandById(id: 1) {
-                        details {
-                            country {
-                                name
-                            }
+                    productById(id: 1) {
+                        name
+                        type {
+                            name
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -808,7 +787,6 @@ public async Task Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country()
 
         // Assert
         Snapshot.Create()
-            .AddSql(queries)
             .Add(result, "Result")
             .MatchMarkdownSnapshot();
     }
@@ -890,6 +868,30 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<Brand>> GetBrandByIdAsync(
                 .ToListAsync(cancellationToken);
     }
 
+    public class ProductsWithNullBrandQuery
+    {
+        public async Task<ProductProjection?> GetProductByIdAsync(
+            int id,
+            ISelection selection,
+            CatalogContext context,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+            => await context.Products
+                .Where(p => p.Id == id)
+                .Select(p => new ProductProjection
+                {
+                    Name = p.Name,
+                })
+                .Select(selection.AsSelector<ProductProjection>())
+                .SingleOrDefaultAsync(cancellationToken);
+
+        public class ProductProjection
+        {
+            public string Name { get; set; } = default!;
+
+            public ProductType? Type { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+
     [ExtendObjectType<Brand>]
     public class BrandExtensions
     {
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country.md b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country.md
deleted file mode 100644
index ad6281da074..00000000000
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# Brand_Without_Country_Should_Allow_Nullable_Country
-
-## SQL
-
-```text
-
-```
-
-## Result
-
-```json
-{
-  "data": {
-    "brandById": [
-      {
-        "details": {
-          "country": null
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
-```
-
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Product_With_Nullable_Reference_Property_Set_To_Null.md b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Product_With_Nullable_Reference_Property_Set_To_Null.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a547a2e753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/Projections/__snapshots__/ProjectableDataLoaderTests.Product_With_Nullable_Reference_Property_Set_To_Null.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Product_With_Nullable_Reference_Property_Set_To_Null
+
+```json
+{
+  "data": {
+    "productById": {
+      "name": "Product 0-0",
+      "type": null
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
diff --git a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/TestContext/Brand.cs b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/TestContext/Brand.cs
index be66eaaea6a..9814cc404e9 100644
--- a/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/TestContext/Brand.cs
+++ b/src/HotChocolate/Core/test/Execution.Tests/TestContext/Brand.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public class Brand
 
 public class BrandDetails
 {
-    public Country? Country { get; set; }
+    public Country Country { get; set; } = default!;
 }
 
 public class Country