select('key_value') ->fields('key_value', ['value']) ->condition('collection', 'entity.storage_schema.sql') ->condition('name', 'entity_test_update.field_schema_data.name') ->execute() ->fetchField(); $schema = unserialize($schema); $schema['entity_test_update']['fields']['name']['initial'] = 'test'; $connection->update('key_value') ->fields(['value' => serialize($schema)]) ->condition('collection', 'entity.storage_schema.sql') ->condition('name', 'entity_test_update.field_schema_data.name') ->execute();