diff --git a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/PostgreSQLLegacyDialect.java b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/PostgreSQLLegacyDialect.java
index e906643aa946..13de5ddd8a49 100644
--- a/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/PostgreSQLLegacyDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-community-dialects/src/main/java/org/hibernate/community/dialect/PostgreSQLLegacyDialect.java
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ protected String castType(int sqlTypeCode) {
 			case NCHAR:
 			case VARCHAR:
 			case NVARCHAR:
+				return "varchar";
 			case LONG32VARCHAR:
 			case LONG32NVARCHAR:
 				return "text";
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
index 3707cee2bcf9..0f2ac885a46a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQLDialect.java
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ protected String columnType(int sqlTypeCode) {
 	@Override
 	protected String castType(int sqlTypeCode) {
 		return switch (sqlTypeCode) {
-			case CHAR, NCHAR, VARCHAR, NVARCHAR, LONG32VARCHAR, LONG32NVARCHAR -> "text";
+			case CHAR, NCHAR, VARCHAR, NVARCHAR -> "varchar";
+			case LONG32VARCHAR, LONG32NVARCHAR -> "text";
 			case BINARY, VARBINARY, LONG32VARBINARY -> "bytea";
 			default -> super.castType( sqlTypeCode );
 		};
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
index 855055d7cb2d..8eaf39013240 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/id/ReSaveReferencedDeletedEntity.java
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ public void testReSaveDeletedEntityWithDetach() {
 	@Entity(name = "Child")
 	public static class Child {
 		@Id
-		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+		@GeneratedValue
 		private Integer id;
+		private String name;
 
 		public Integer getId() {
 			return id;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ public void setId(Integer id) {
 	@Entity(name = "Parent")
 	public static class Parent {
 		@Id
-		@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+		@GeneratedValue
 		private Integer id;
 
 		@OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)