diff --git a/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20251221-163411.yaml b/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20251221-163411.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..014a18c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20251221-163411.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+kind: Fixed
+body: Fixed in-place restores where the recovery target is not the latest point in the repository.
+time: 2025-12-21T16:34:11.393466-05:00
diff --git a/server/internal/database/spec.go b/server/internal/database/spec.go
index c498e38f..edb18aa4 100644
--- a/server/internal/database/spec.go
+++ b/server/internal/database/spec.go
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ type InstanceSpec struct {
 	PostgreSQLConf   map[string]any      `json:"postgresql_conf"`
 	ClusterSize      int                 `json:"cluster_size"`
 	OrchestratorOpts *OrchestratorOpts   `json:"orchestrator_opts,omitempty"`
+	InPlaceRestore   bool                `json:"in_place_restore,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type InstanceSpecChange struct {
diff --git a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/orchestrator.go b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/orchestrator.go
index 7b450585..c9c8a503 100644
--- a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/orchestrator.go
+++ b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/orchestrator.go
@@ -344,17 +344,7 @@ func (o *Orchestrator) GenerateInstanceRestoreResources(spec *database.InstanceS
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing restore config for node %s instance %s", spec.NodeName, spec.InstanceID)
 	}
 
-	// TODO: I'd like Patroni to use the backup config that pgbackrest outputs,
-	// but it removes the postgresql.auto.conf when it starts bootstrapping the
-	// cluster. Setting the restore command ourselves is a decent workaround.
-	restoreCmd := PgBackRestRestoreCmd("archive-get", "%f", `"%p"`).String()
-	if spec.PostgreSQLConf == nil {
-		spec.PostgreSQLConf = map[string]any{
-			"restore_command": restoreCmd,
-		}
-	} else {
-		spec.PostgreSQLConf["restore_command"] = restoreCmd
-	}
+	spec.InPlaceRestore = true
 
 	instance, resources, err := o.instanceResources(spec)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/patroni_config.go b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/patroni_config.go
index a2ba445e..9971a5e8 100644
--- a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/patroni_config.go
+++ b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/patroni_config.go
@@ -475,15 +475,24 @@ func generatePatroniConfig(
 	}
 
 	if spec.RestoreConfig != nil {
-		restoreOptions := utils.BuildOptionArgs(spec.RestoreConfig.RestoreOptions)
-		for i, o := range restoreOptions {
-			restoreOptions[i] = shellescape.Quote(o)
-		}
 		cfg.Bootstrap.Method = utils.PointerTo(patroni.BootstrapMethodNameRestore)
-		cfg.Bootstrap.Restore = &patroni.BootstrapMethodConf{
-			Command:                  utils.PointerTo(PgBackRestRestoreCmd("restore", restoreOptions...).String()),
-			NoParams:                 utils.PointerTo(true),
-			KeepExistingRecoveryConf: utils.PointerTo(true),
+
+		if spec.InPlaceRestore {
+			cfg.Bootstrap.Restore = &patroni.BootstrapMethodConf{
+				Command:                  utils.PointerTo("mv /opt/pgedge/data/pgdata-restore /opt/pgedge/data/pgdata"),
+				NoParams:                 utils.PointerTo(true),
+				KeepExistingRecoveryConf: utils.PointerTo(true),
+			}
+		} else {
+			restoreOptions := utils.BuildOptionArgs(spec.RestoreConfig.RestoreOptions)
+			for i, o := range restoreOptions {
+				restoreOptions[i] = shellescape.Quote(o)
+			}
+			cfg.Bootstrap.Restore = &patroni.BootstrapMethodConf{
+				Command:                  utils.PointerTo(PgBackRestRestoreCmd("restore", restoreOptions...).String()),
+				NoParams:                 utils.PointerTo(true),
+				KeepExistingRecoveryConf: utils.PointerTo(true),
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/pgbackrest_restore.go b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/pgbackrest_restore.go
index c1547d36..e09fd759 100644
--- a/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/pgbackrest_restore.go
+++ b/server/internal/orchestrator/swarm/pgbackrest_restore.go
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ func (p *PgBackRestRestore) Create(ctx context.Context, rc *resource.Context) er
 		return handleError(err)
 	}
 
+	err = p.renameDataDir(rc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return handleError(err)
+	}
+
 	err = p.completeTask(ctx, taskSvc, t)
 	if err != nil {
 		return handleError(err)
@@ -282,6 +287,27 @@ func (p *PgBackRestRestore) streamLogsAndWait(
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (p *PgBackRestRestore) renameDataDir(rc *resource.Context) error {
+	fs, err := do.Invoke[afero.Fs](rc.Injector)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	dataDirPath, err := filesystem.DirResourceFullPath(rc, p.InstanceID+"-data")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get data dir from state: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	pgdataPath := filepath.Join(dataDirPath, "pgdata")
+	newPgdataPath := filepath.Join(dataDirPath, "pgdata-restore")
+
+	if err := fs.Rename(pgdataPath, newPgdataPath); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to rename pgdata for restore: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (p *PgBackRestRestore) Update(ctx context.Context, rc *resource.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }