diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 09fc585e..ad1eb472 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.52.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.53.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.53.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.28.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a83310c..900c7fa1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2 h1:xZmwmqxHZA8AI603jOQ0tMqmBr9lPeFwGg6d+xy9DC0=
 github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2/go.mod h1:5NWz9Sef7zIDm2JHfFlcQvNekmcEl9ekUZQQKCYaDcA=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 h1:y73uSU6J157QMP2kn2r30vwW1A2W2WFwSCGnAVxeaD0=
 go.opencensus.io v0.24.0/go.mod h1:vNK8G9p7aAivkbmorf4v+7Hgx+Zs0yY+0fOtgBfjQKo=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.52.0 h1:vS1Ao/R55RNV4O7TA2Qopok8yN+X0LIP6RVWLFkprck=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.52.0/go.mod h1:BMsdeOxN04K0L5FNUBfjFdvwWGNe/rkmSwH4Aelu/X0=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0 h1:9l89oX4ba9kHbBol3Xin3leYJ+252h0zszDtBwyKe2A=
-go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.52.0/go.mod h1:XLZfZboOJWHNKUv7eH0inh0E9VV6eWDFB/9yJyTLPp0=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.53.0 h1:9G6E0TXzGFVfTnawRzrPl83iHOAV7L8NJiR8RSGYV1g=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.53.0/go.mod h1:azvtTADFQJA8mX80jIH/akaE7h+dbm/sVuaHqN13w74=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.53.0 h1:4K4tsIXefpVJtvA/8srF4V4y0akAoPHkIslgAkjixJA=
+go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.53.0/go.mod h1:jjdQuTGVsXV4vSs+CJ2qYDeDPf9yIJV23qlIzBm73Vg=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0 h1:/SqNcYk+idO0CxKEUOtKQClMK/MimZihKYMruSMViUo=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.28.0/go.mod h1:q68ijF8Fc8CnMHKyzqL6akLO46ePnjkgfIMIjUIX9z4=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.28.0 h1:f0HGvSl1KRAU1DLgLGFjrwVyismPlnuU6JD6bOeuA5Q=
diff --git a/users/DDL.sql b/users/DDL.sql
index b31da695..edc111d6 100644
--- a/users/DDL.sql
+++ b/users/DDL.sql
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER before_update_trigger_on_users
                                               AND NEW.kyc_step_passed >= 2 AND NEW.kyc_step_blocked = 0
                                               AND NEW.kyc_steps_last_updated_at IS NOT NULL AND ARRAY_LENGTH(NEW.kyc_steps_last_updated_at, 1) >= 2 AND NEW.kyc_steps_last_updated_at[2] IS NOT NULL AND NEW.kyc_steps_last_updated_at[2] > TO_TIMESTAMP(0)
                                               AND NEW.kyc_steps_created_at IS NOT NULL AND ARRAY_LENGTH(NEW.kyc_steps_created_at, 1) >= 2 AND NEW.kyc_steps_created_at[2] IS NOT NULL AND NEW.kyc_steps_created_at[2] > TO_TIMESTAMP(0)
-                                           ))
+                                           )
+          OR (OLD.verified IS TRUE AND NEW.referred_by IS DISTINCT FROM OLD.referred_by ))
 EXECUTE FUNCTION before_update_on_users();