diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
index faa44ae918..af2200b208 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
 import org.springframework.data.util.Lazy;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ReactiveWrappers;
+import org.springframework.data.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -532,7 +533,7 @@ private boolean isNumericOrVoidReturnValue() {
 		}
 
 		boolean isUpdateCountReturnType = ClassUtils.isAssignable(Number.class, resultType);
-		boolean isVoidReturnType = ClassUtils.isAssignable(Void.class, resultType);
+		boolean isVoidReturnType = ReflectionUtils.isVoid(resultType);
 
 		return isUpdateCountReturnType || isVoidReturnType;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/KotlinRepositoryUnitTests.kt b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/KotlinRepositoryUnitTests.kt
index bed470d703..1f888ad9e2 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/KotlinRepositoryUnitTests.kt
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/KotlinRepositoryUnitTests.kt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class KotlinRepositoryUnitTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-2601
-	fun should() {
+	fun shouldSupportDeleteMethods() {
 
 		val repository = repositoryFactory.getRepository(PersonRepository::class.java)
 
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests.kt b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests.kt
index e5885de39c..dbf5447676 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests.kt
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/kotlin/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests.kt
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query
 
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Person
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Update
 import org.springframework.data.projection.SpelAwareProxyProjectionFactory
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.DefaultRepositoryMetadata
 import org.springframework.data.repository.kotlin.CoroutineCrudRepository
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ class ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests {
 		fun findAllByName(): Flow<Person>
 
 		suspend fun findSuspendByName(): List<Person>
+
+		@Update("{ \$inc: { age: 1 } }")
+		suspend fun findAndIncrementAgeByName(name: String)
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAMONGO-2562
@@ -69,4 +74,13 @@ class ReactiveMongoQueryMethodCoroutineUnitTests {
 
 		assertThat(queryMethod.isCollectionQuery).isTrue()
 	}
+
+	@Test // GH-4772
+	internal fun `should consider suspended update queries`() {
+
+		val method = PersonRepository::class.java.getMethod("findAndIncrementAgeByName", String::class.java, Continuation::class.java)
+		val queryMethod = ReactiveMongoQueryMethod(method, DefaultRepositoryMetadata(PersonRepository::class.java), projectionFactory, MongoMappingContext())
+
+		assertThatNoException().isThrownBy { queryMethod.verify() }
+	}
 }