diff --git a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/rattail.py b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/rattail.py
index a2dba7f..895a973 100644
--- a/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/rattail.py
+++ b/rattail_corepos/corepos/importing/rattail.py
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ class ProductImporter(FromRattail, corepos_importing.model.ProductImporter):
         if corepos_product:
 
             # update our Rattail Product with the CORE ID
-            product.corepos_id = int(corepos_product['id'])
-            return corepos_product
+            if not self.dry_run:
+                product.corepos_id = int(corepos_product['id'])
+                return corepos_product
 
     def update_object(self, corepos_product, data, local_data=None):