Return Collection after update()?

That's not how it works. You can't expect this query will return you an object:

$updated = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->update(['votes' => 123]);

If you want to use Query Builder only as you mentioned in your question, you'll need to get an object manually:

$data = DB::table('users')->where('id', 1)->first();

With Eloquent you can use the updateOrCreate():

$data = User::where('id', 1)->updateOrCreate(['votes' => 123]);

This will return an object. update() will return boolean, so you can't use it here.

Try this

$updated = tap(DB::table('users')->where('id', 1))
    ->update(['votes' => 123])
    ->first();

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