diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 9a19a1549..b6036b065 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) a
 ### Fixed
 
 - fixed compatibility of `ArangoCursor#filter` with Java 6
+- fixed replace-insert with `DocumentCreateOptions#overwrite(Boolean)` for `ArangoCollection#insertDocuments`
 
 ## [5.0.1] - 2018-09-25
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/InternalArangoCollection.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/InternalArangoCollection.java
index cc024e09e..77a08c744 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/InternalArangoCollection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/InternalArangoCollection.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public abstract class InternalArangoCollection<A extends InternalArangoDB<E>, D
 	private static final String RETURN_NEW = "returnNew";
 	private static final String NEW = "new";
 	private static final String RETURN_OLD = "returnOld";
+	private static final String OVERWRITE = "overwrite";
 	private static final String OLD = "old";
 	private static final String SILENT = "silent";
 
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ protected <T> Request insertDocumentRequest(final T value, final DocumentCreateO
 		request.putQueryParam(RETURN_NEW, params.getReturnNew());
 		request.putQueryParam(RETURN_OLD, params.getReturnOld());
 		request.putQueryParam(SILENT, params.getSilent());
-		request.putQueryParam("overwrite", params.getOverwrite());
+		request.putQueryParam(OVERWRITE, params.getOverwrite());
 		request.setBody(util(Serializer.CUSTOM).serialize(value));
 		return request;
 	}
@@ -149,7 +150,9 @@ protected <T> Request insertDocumentsRequest(final Collection<T> values, final D
 		final Request request = request(db.name(), RequestType.POST, PATH_API_DOCUMENT, name);
 		request.putQueryParam(ArangoRequestParam.WAIT_FOR_SYNC, params.getWaitForSync());
 		request.putQueryParam(RETURN_NEW, params.getReturnNew());
+		request.putQueryParam(RETURN_OLD, params.getReturnOld());
 		request.putQueryParam(SILENT, params.getSilent());
+		request.putQueryParam(OVERWRITE, params.getOverwrite());
 		request.setBody(util(Serializer.CUSTOM).serialize(values,
 			new ArangoSerializer.Options().serializeNullValues(false).stringAsJson(true)));
 		return request;
@@ -186,6 +189,10 @@ public MultiDocumentEntity<DocumentCreateEntity<T>> deserialize(final Response r
 						if (newDoc.isObject()) {
 							doc.setNew((T) util(Serializer.CUSTOM).deserialize(newDoc, type));
 						}
+						final VPackSlice oldDoc = next.get(OLD);
+						if (oldDoc.isObject()) {
+							doc.setOld((T) util(Serializer.CUSTOM).deserialize(oldDoc, type));
+						}
 						docs.add(doc);
 						documentsAndErrors.add(doc);
 					}
@@ -212,7 +219,7 @@ protected Request importDocumentsRequest(final DocumentImportOptions options) {
 		return request(db.name(), RequestType.POST, PATH_API_IMPORT).putQueryParam(COLLECTION, name)
 				.putQueryParam(ArangoRequestParam.WAIT_FOR_SYNC, params.getWaitForSync())
 				.putQueryParam("fromPrefix", params.getFromPrefix()).putQueryParam("toPrefix", params.getToPrefix())
-				.putQueryParam("overwrite", params.getOverwrite()).putQueryParam("onDuplicate", params.getOnDuplicate())
+				.putQueryParam(OVERWRITE, params.getOverwrite()).putQueryParam("onDuplicate", params.getOnDuplicate())
 				.putQueryParam("complete", params.getComplete()).putQueryParam("details", params.getDetails());
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
index eeac3e3b8..e5f99deba 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCollectionTest.java
@@ -1218,6 +1218,8 @@ public void insertDocumentsOverwrite() {
 				.insertDocuments(Arrays.asList(doc1, doc2),
 					new DocumentCreateOptions().overwrite(true).returnOld(true).returnNew(true));
 		assertThat(repsert, is(notNullValue()));
+		assertThat(repsert.getDocuments().size(), is(2));
+		assertThat(repsert.getErrors().size(), is(0));
 		for (final DocumentCreateEntity<BaseDocument> documentCreateEntity : repsert.getDocuments()) {
 			assertThat(documentCreateEntity.getRev(), is(not(meta1.getRev())));
 			assertThat(documentCreateEntity.getRev(), is(not(meta2.getRev())));