Dust spot issues with time lapse

When batch processing images for time lapse jpeg exports the spot removal tool there come moments where high contrast transitions become messed up due to the the section of the dust spot tool that is selecting and copying from being different than the location of the actual spot being corrected. This can resulting in circular flashes where the removal takes place when running the time lapse. I was wondering if anyone has found a way around this, or if there are any settings that can be adjusted via the spot removal options? I've tried several settings, including attempts at exposure radial gradients (instead of the spot removal tool) with little luck. The only sure method I've found is going and moving the spot placement to another section of the image frame by frame. This can become extremely time consuming.
Any assistance or advice on this issue is appreciated.

Unfortunately when shooting hundreds to thousands of images for time lapse work, dust spots crop up constantly no matter how often I clean the sensor. Dust rattles off of the inside of the camera onto the sensor all the time during sequences. Lower fstops (a larger aperture) usually only make the dust spots larger, albeit slightly lighter in opacity, but more difficult to remove due to the area they take up. They are darker when shooting at small apertures, but they are smaller, and somewhat easier to deal with when batching spot healing.
Was hoping there was some setting with the spot healing brush I wasn't aware of. Perhaps I can nag the developers to figure out a more complex algorithm that goes through each still in the sequence and automatically moves the spot healing repair selection point to a more suitable portion of the image when copying batch settings to the entire sequence...similar to what it does when doing each image individually. Can't be that much more work...perhaps it will take a bit of time to run through hundreds of images, but it's better than the hours it takes to work over a single sequence by hand.
Thanks for the reply though.

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