diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 3487659101c8..f82f2b5ba91f 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repos:
           ).?$
 
   - repo: https://github.com/csachs/pyproject-flake8
-    rev: v0.0.1a2.post1
+    rev: v6.0.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-flake8
         args: ["--config", "pyproject.toml"]
diff --git a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
index 1e343e606fb6..6240fadd1047 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
+++ b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/configurations/connections/poke_to_pg/configuration.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ destination_configuration_path: TO_UPDATE_FROM_TEST
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
+  skip_reset: false # OPTIONAL | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reset after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination
diff --git a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_with_normalization.yaml b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_with_normalization.yaml
index 2ec8abc12173..ceeddbc1c8de 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_with_normalization.yaml
+++ b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_with_normalization.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ destination_configuration_path: destination_configuration_path
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
+  skip_reset: false # OPTIONAL | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reset after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination
diff --git a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_without_normalization.yaml b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_without_normalization.yaml
index 6cfe86d70e46..ebe43dbccbef 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_without_normalization.yaml
+++ b/octavia-cli/integration_tests/test_generate/expected_rendered_yaml/connection/expected_without_normalization.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ destination_configuration_path: destination_configuration_path
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
+  skip_reset: false # OPTIONAL | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reset after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination
diff --git a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
index da60f0008b44..7425ac61d0f9 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
+++ b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/apply/resources.py
@@ -569,6 +569,10 @@ class Connection(BaseResource):
 
     resource_type = "connection"
 
+    local_root_level_keys_to_remove_during_create = ["skip_reset"]  # Remove these keys when sending a create request
+
+    local_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison = ["skip_reset"]  # Remote do not have these keys
+
     remote_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison = [
         "name",
         "source",
@@ -667,6 +671,8 @@ def create_payload(self) -> WebBackendConnectionCreate:
             self.configuration["operations"] = self._deserialize_operations(
                 self.raw_configuration["configuration"]["operations"], OperationCreate
             )
+        for k in self.local_root_level_keys_to_remove_during_create:
+            self.configuration.pop(k, None)
         return WebBackendConnectionCreate(
             name=self.resource_name, source_id=self.source_id, destination_id=self.destination_id, **self.configuration
         )
@@ -794,6 +800,14 @@ def _check_for_legacy_raw_configuration_keys(self, raw_configuration):
             "These keys changed to source_configuration_path and destination_configuration_path in version > 0.39.18, please update your connection configuration to give path to source and destination configuration files or regenerate the connection",
         )
 
+    def _get_local_comparable_configuration(self) -> dict:
+        comparable = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in self.raw_configuration["configuration"].items()
+            if k not in self.local_root_level_keys_to_filter_out_for_comparison
+        }
+        return comparable
+
     def _get_remote_comparable_configuration(self) -> dict:
 
         comparable = {
diff --git a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2 b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
index 58b36cba53cd..510083944e91 100644
--- a/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
+++ b/octavia-cli/octavia_cli/generate/templates/connection.yaml.j2
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ destination_configuration_path: {{ destination_configuration_path }}
 # EDIT THE CONFIGURATION BELOW!
 configuration:
   status: active # REQUIRED | string | Allowed values: active, inactive, deprecated
+  skip_reset: false # OPTIONAL | boolean | Flag to check if the connection should be reset after a connection update
   namespace_definition: source # OPTIONAL | string | Allowed values: source, destination, customformat
   namespace_format: "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" # OPTIONAL | string | Used when namespaceDefinition is 'customformat'. If blank then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'destination'. If "${SOURCE_NAMESPACE}" then behaves like namespaceDefinition = 'source'.
   prefix: "" # REQUIRED | Prefix that will be prepended to the name of each stream when it is written to the destination