diff --git a/go/logic/migrator.go b/go/logic/migrator.go
index a1a78d1e3..5dba9e7ed 100644
--- a/go/logic/migrator.go
+++ b/go/logic/migrator.go
@@ -326,13 +326,26 @@ func (mgtr *Migrator) onChangelogHeartbeatEvent(dmlEntry *binlog.BinlogEntry) (e
 	heartbeatTime, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, changelogHeartbeatString)
 	if err != nil {
 		return mgtr.migrationContext.Log.Errore(err)
-	} else {
-		mgtr.migrationContext.SetLastHeartbeatOnChangelogTime(heartbeatTime)
+	}
+	mgtr.migrationContext.SetLastHeartbeatOnChangelogTime(heartbeatTime)
+
+	// Route the coords bump through applyEventsQueue so it is ordered after
+	// any DMLs the streamer enqueued before this heartbeat.
+	coords := dmlEntry.Coordinates
+	var writeFunc tableWriteFunc = func() error {
 		mgtr.applier.CurrentCoordinatesMutex.Lock()
-		mgtr.applier.CurrentCoordinates = dmlEntry.Coordinates
+		mgtr.applier.CurrentCoordinates = coords
 		mgtr.applier.CurrentCoordinatesMutex.Unlock()
 		return nil
 	}
+	if err := base.SendWithContext(
+		mgtr.migrationContext.GetContext(),
+		mgtr.applyEventsQueue,
+		newApplyEventStructByFunc(&writeFunc),
+	); err != nil {
+		return mgtr.migrationContext.Log.Errore(err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // abort stores the error, cancels the context, and logs the abort.
diff --git a/go/logic/migrator_test.go b/go/logic/migrator_test.go
index 8fc48e326..95278fc3d 100644
--- a/go/logic/migrator_test.go
+++ b/go/logic/migrator_test.go
@@ -194,6 +194,81 @@ func TestMigratorOnChangelogEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+// Regression: heartbeats must not advance applier.CurrentCoordinates past
+// DMLs still sitting in applyEventsQueue. If they do, checkpointLoop will
+// persist a GTID set that includes un-applied transactions, and resume via
+// StartSyncGTID will skip them (the server treats them as already-seen).
+func TestMigratorHeartbeatDoesNotAdvancePastUnappliedDML(t *testing.T) {
+	migrationContext := base.NewMigrationContext()
+	migrationContext.UseGTIDs = true
+	migrator := NewMigrator(migrationContext, "test")
+	migrator.applier = NewApplier(migrationContext)
+
+	const srcUUID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"
+
+	// A DML on the original table at GTID :100 is observed and enqueued, but
+	// not yet applied.
+	dmlCoords, err := mysql.NewGTIDBinlogCoordinates(srcUUID + ":1-100")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	migrator.applyEventsQueue <- newApplyEventStructByDML(&binlog.BinlogEntry{
+		DmlEvent: &binlog.BinlogDMLEvent{
+			DatabaseName: "test",
+			TableName:    migrationContext.OriginalTableName,
+			DML:          binlog.UpdateDML,
+		},
+		Coordinates: dmlCoords,
+	})
+	require.Equal(t, 1, len(migrator.applyEventsQueue),
+		"DML must be sitting un-applied in the queue")
+
+	// A heartbeat row is then written; its GTID set includes the un-applied
+	// DML plus a few additional transactions.
+	heartbeatCoords, err := mysql.NewGTIDBinlogCoordinates(srcUUID + ":1-105")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	heartbeatColumnValues := sql.ToColumnValues([]interface{}{
+		123,
+		time.Now().Unix(),
+		"heartbeat",
+		time.Now().Format(time.RFC3339Nano),
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, migrator.onChangelogHeartbeatEvent(&binlog.BinlogEntry{
+		DmlEvent: &binlog.BinlogDMLEvent{
+			DatabaseName:    "test",
+			DML:             binlog.InsertDML,
+			NewColumnValues: heartbeatColumnValues,
+		},
+		Coordinates: heartbeatCoords,
+	}))
+
+	// The DML is still un-applied; the heartbeat's coords-bump sentinel has
+	// been enqueued behind it.
+	require.Equal(t, 2, len(migrator.applyEventsQueue),
+		"queue must hold the un-applied DML and the heartbeat sentinel; "+
+			"this test does not drain the queue")
+
+	// Invariant: CurrentCoordinates must NOT have advanced past the queued DML.
+	currentCoords := migrator.applier.CurrentCoordinates
+	require.False(t, currentCoords != nil && dmlCoords.SmallerThanOrEquals(currentCoords),
+		"CurrentCoordinates must not cover the un-applied DML at %s (got %v)",
+		dmlCoords.DisplayString(), currentCoords)
+
+	// Consequence: the checkpoint gate in Migrator.Checkpoint must NOT fire
+	// for streamer coords that include the un-applied DML.
+	require.False(t, currentCoords != nil && heartbeatCoords.SmallerThanOrEquals(currentCoords),
+		"checkpoint gate must not fire while DML at %s is un-applied",
+		dmlCoords.DisplayString())
+
+	// Ordering: the DML must come first, then the heartbeat sentinel. If a
+	// future change ever wraps the heartbeat enqueue in `go func()`, this
+	// invariant breaks and the bug returns.
+	firstQueued := <-migrator.applyEventsQueue
+	secondQueued := <-migrator.applyEventsQueue
+	require.NotNil(t, firstQueued.dmlEvent, "first queued event must be the DML")
+	require.Nil(t, firstQueued.writeFunc, "first queued event must not be a sentinel")
+	require.Nil(t, secondQueued.dmlEvent, "second queued event must not be a DML")
+	require.NotNil(t, secondQueued.writeFunc, "second queued event must be the heartbeat sentinel")
+}
+
 func TestMigratorValidateStatement(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("add-column", func(t *testing.T) {
 		migrationContext := base.NewMigrationContext()