diff --git a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
index fd1df9efa3..e91afba0ca 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/src/logseq/outliner/property.cljs
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@
         old-ref-type? (db-property-type/user-ref-property-types old-type)
         ref-type? (db-property-type/user-ref-property-types new-type)]
     (cond-> [(cond->
-              {:db/ident ident
-               :db/cardinality cardinality}
+              (outliner-core/block-with-updated-at
+               {:db/ident ident
+                :db/cardinality cardinality})
                ref-type?
                (assoc :db/valueType :db.type/ref))]
       (and new-type old-ref-type? (not ref-type?))
diff --git a/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/property_test.cljs b/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/property_test.cljs
index f43a146c4f..5cfd4b88d5 100644
--- a/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/property_test.cljs
+++ b/deps/outliner/test/logseq/outliner/property_test.cljs
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
   (testing "Updates a property"
     (let [conn (db-test/create-conn-with-blocks {:properties {:num {:logseq.property/type :number}}})
-          _ (outliner-property/upsert-property! conn :user.property/num {:type :default :cardinality :many} {})]
-      (is (db-property/many? (d/entity @conn :user.property/num)))))
+          old-updated-at (:block/updated-at (d/entity @conn :user.property/num))
+          _ (outliner-property/upsert-property! conn :user.property/num {:cardinality :many} {})]
+      (is (db-property/many? (d/entity @conn :user.property/num)))
+      (is (> (:block/updated-at (d/entity @conn :user.property/num))
+             old-updated-at))))
 
   (testing "Multiple properties that generate the same initial :db/ident"
     (let [conn (db-test/create-conn-with-blocks [])]