diff --git a/.github/workflows/snyk-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/snyk-issue.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d2ef124d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/snyk-issue.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Snyk Issue
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '* */12 * * *'
+
+concurrency: snyk-issue
+
+jobs:
+  whitesource:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout action
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: snowflakedb/whitesource-actions
+        token: ${{ secrets.WHITESOURCE_ACTION_TOKEN }}
+        path: whitesource-actions
+    - name: set-env
+      run: echo "REPO=$(basename $GITHUB_REPOSITORY)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Jira Creation
+      uses: ./whitesource-actions/snyk-issue
+      with:
+        snyk_org: ${{ secrets.SNYK_ORG_ID }}
+        snyk_token:  ${{ secrets.SNYK_GITHUB_INTEGRATION_TOKEN }}
+        jira_token: ${{ secrets.JIRA_TOKEN }}
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snyk-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/snyk-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02b5f173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/snyk-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: snyk-pr
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+jobs:
+  whitesource:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'sfc-gh-snyk-sca-sa' }}
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: checkout action
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: snowflakedb/whitesource-actions
+        token: ${{ secrets.WHITESOURCE_ACTION_TOKEN }}
+        path: whitesource-actions
+
+    - name: PR
+      uses: ./whitesource-actions/snyk-pr
+      env:
+        PR_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+      with:
+        jira_token: ${{ secrets.JIRA_TOKEN }}
+        gh_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        amend: false # true if you want the commit to be amended with the JIRA number
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
index 3be25488..e7c6f67e 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/Parameters.scala
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ object Parameters {
     "internal_use_aws_region_url"
   )
 
+  val PARAM_UNIQUE_KEYS: String = knownParam(
+    "unique.keys"
+  )
+  val PARAM_INSERTED_COLUMNS: String = knownParam(
+    "inserted.columns"
+  )
+
   val DEFAULT_S3_MAX_FILE_SIZE: String = (10 * 1000 * 1000).toString
   val MIN_S3_MAX_FILE_SIZE = 1000000
 
@@ -577,6 +584,10 @@ object Parameters {
       parameters.get(PARAM_SF_ACCOUNT)
     }
 
+    def uniqueKeys: String = parameters.getOrElse(PARAM_UNIQUE_KEYS, "")
+
+    def  insertedColumns: String = parameters.getOrElse(PARAM_INSERTED_COLUMNS, "")
+
     /**
       * Snowflake SSL on/off - "on" by default
       */
@@ -625,7 +636,6 @@ object Parameters {
     def nonProxyHosts: Option[String] = {
       parameters.get(PARAM_NON_PROXY_HOSTS)
     }
-
     /**
       *  Mapping OAuth and authenticator values
       */
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SnowflakeJDBCWrapper.scala b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SnowflakeJDBCWrapper.scala
index 4e2b1114..f5f840f0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SnowflakeJDBCWrapper.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/SnowflakeJDBCWrapper.scala
@@ -518,6 +518,22 @@ private[snowflake] object DefaultJDBCWrapper extends JDBCWrapper {
         .execute(bindVariableEnabled)(connection)
     }
 
+    def mergeIntoTable(tempTable: String,
+                        targetTable: String,
+                        keys: Array[String],
+                        insertedColumns: Array[String],
+                        bindVariableEnabled: Boolean = true): Unit = {
+      val joinExpr = keys.map(key => s"$targetTable.$key=$tempTable.$key").mkString(" and ")
+      val updateExpr = insertedColumns.map(c => s"$targetTable.$c=$tempTable.$c").mkString(",")
+      val matchExpr = s"when matched then update set $updateExpr"
+      val insertedColumnStr = insertedColumns.mkString(",")
+      val insertExpr = insertedColumns.map(key => s"$tempTable.$key").mkString(",")
+      val notMatchExpr = s"when not matched then insert($insertedColumnStr)values($insertExpr)"
+      (ConstantString("merge into") + Identifier(targetTable) + "using" +
+        Identifier(tempTable) + "on" + joinExpr + matchExpr + notMatchExpr)
+        .execute(bindVariableEnabled)(connection)
+    }
+
     def truncateTable(table: String,
                       bindVariableEnabled: Boolean = true): Unit =
       (ConstantString("truncate") + table)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
index 4e7757bc..ad639a39 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/net/snowflake/spark/snowflake/io/StageWriter.scala
@@ -418,18 +418,44 @@ private[io] object StageWriter {
       )
 
       // Execute COPY INTO TABLE to load data
-      StageWriter.executeCopyIntoTable(
-        sqlContext,
-        conn,
-        schema,
-        saveMode,
-        params,
-        targetTable,
-        file,
-        tempStage,
-        format,
-        fileUploadResults)
-
+      // update data by merging syntax
+      val keyStr: String = sqlContext.getConf("spark.sql.unique.keys", params.uniqueKeys)
+      val insertedColumnStr: String = sqlContext.getConf("spark.sql.inserted.columns", params.insertedColumns)
+      if(!tempTable.equals(targetTable) && !keyStr.isEmpty  && !insertedColumnStr.isEmpty){
+        conn.createTable(tempTable.name, schema, params,
+          overwrite = true, temporary = true)
+        StageWriter.executeCopyIntoTable(
+          sqlContext,
+          conn,
+          schema,
+          saveMode,
+          params,
+          tempTable,
+          file,
+          tempStage,
+          format,
+          fileUploadResults
+        )
+        val keys = keyStr.split(',')
+        val insertedColumns = insertedColumnStr.split(',')
+        conn.mergeIntoTable(tempTable.name,
+          targetTable.name,
+          keys,
+          insertedColumns)
+      } else {
+        StageWriter.executeCopyIntoTable(
+          sqlContext,
+          conn,
+          schema,
+          saveMode,
+          params,
+          targetTable,
+          file,
+          tempStage,
+          format,
+          fileUploadResults
+        )
+      }
       // post actions
       Utils.executePostActions(
         DefaultJDBCWrapper,