diff --git a/.changelog/3142.internal.md b/.changelog/3142.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92f1cf78ab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3142.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+go/badger: bump badger version
diff --git a/go/go.mod b/go/go.mod
index 88c4664750f..afcba62b0a9 100644
--- a/go/go.mod
+++ b/go/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cznic/b v0.0.0-20181122101859-a26611c4d92d // indirect
 	github.com/cznic/mathutil v0.0.0-20181122101859-297441e03548 // indirect
 	github.com/cznic/strutil v0.0.0-20181122101858-275e90344537 // indirect
-	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.3
+	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.1-rc1.0.20200802072640-3e067a54e596
 	github.com/eapache/channels v1.1.0
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.2.1-0.20200526031912-58b82b5bfc05
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.10.0
diff --git a/go/go.sum b/go/go.sum
index 24e648c949b..a4abfa081e1 100644
--- a/go/go.sum
+++ b/go/go.sum
@@ -142,12 +142,12 @@ github.com/davidlazar/go-crypto v0.0.0-20170701192655-dcfb0a7ac018 h1:6xT9KW8zLC
 github.com/davidlazar/go-crypto v0.0.0-20170701192655-dcfb0a7ac018/go.mod h1:rQYf4tfk5sSwFsnDg3qYaBxSjsD9S8+59vW0dKUgme4=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger v1.6.1 h1:w9pSFNSdq/JPM1N12Fz/F/bzo993Is1W+Q7HjPzi7yg=
 github.com/dgraph-io/badger v1.6.1/go.mod h1:FRmFw3uxvcpa8zG3Rxs0th+hCLIuaQg8HlNV5bjgnuU=
-github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.3 h1:inzdf6VF/NZ+tJ8RwwYMjJMvsOALTHYdozn0qSl6XJI=
-github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:3KY8+bsP8wI0OEnQJAKpd4wIJW/Mm32yw2j/9FUVnIM=
-github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.2-0.20200115201040-8f368f2f2ab3 h1:MQLRM35Pp0yAyBYksjbj1nZI/w6eyRY/mWoM1sFf4kU=
-github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.2-0.20200115201040-8f368f2f2ab3/go.mod h1:KPxhHT9ZxKefz+PCeOGsrHpl1qZ7i70dGTu2u+Ahh6E=
+github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.1-rc1.0.20200802072640-3e067a54e596 h1:wTPbClfpfAewm7+PdANaiThLw0oUWrh6pUG8JMC6xJQ=
+github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2 v2.0.1-rc1.0.20200802072640-3e067a54e596/go.mod h1:26P/7fbL4kUZVEVKLAKXkBXKOydDmM2p1e+NhhnBCAE=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.2 h1:a5WaUrDa0qm0YrAAS1tUykT5El3kt62KNZZeMxQn3po=
 github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.2/go.mod h1:KPxhHT9ZxKefz+PCeOGsrHpl1qZ7i70dGTu2u+Ahh6E=
+github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.3-0.20200630154024-f66de99634de h1:t0UHb5vdojIDUqktM6+xJAfScFBsVpXZmqC9dsgJmeA=
+github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.0.3-0.20200630154024-f66de99634de/go.mod h1:KPxhHT9ZxKefz+PCeOGsrHpl1qZ7i70dGTu2u+Ahh6E=
 github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:E3ru+11k8xSBh+hMPgOLZmtrrCbhqsmaPHjLKYnJCaQ=
 github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2 h1:tdlZCpZ/P9DhczCTSixgIKmwPv6+wP5DGjqLYw5SUiA=
 github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2/go.mod h1:SqUrOPUnsFjfmXRMNPybcSiG0BgUW2AuFH8PAnS2iTw=
diff --git a/go/storage/mkvs/db/badger/badger.go b/go/storage/mkvs/db/badger/badger.go
index f7f77f50961..045900e9dd1 100644
--- a/go/storage/mkvs/db/badger/badger.go
+++ b/go/storage/mkvs/db/badger/badger.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func New(cfg *api.Config) (api.NodeDB, error) {
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.Snappy)
 	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(cfg.MaxCacheSize)
 	opts = opts.WithReadOnly(cfg.ReadOnly)
+	opts = opts.WithDetectConflicts(false)
 
 	if cfg.MemoryOnly {
 		db.logger.Warn("using memory-only mode, data will not be persisted")