diff --git a/listeners/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/listener/metadata/draft/ApprovePublishedRecord.java b/listeners/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/listener/metadata/draft/ApprovePublishedRecord.java
index b335fc9cdec..546571cec96 100644
--- a/listeners/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/listener/metadata/draft/ApprovePublishedRecord.java
+++ b/listeners/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/listener/metadata/draft/ApprovePublishedRecord.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ private void changeToApproved(AbstractMetadata md, MetadataStatus previousStatus
         status.setChangeDate(new ISODate());
         status.setUserId(ServiceContext.get().getUserSession().getUserIdAsInt());
 
-        metadataStatus.setStatusExt(status, false);
+        metadataStatus.setStatusExt(status, true);
 
         Log.trace(Geonet.DATA_MANAGER, "Metadata with id " + md.getId() + " automatically approved due to publishing.");
     }
diff --git a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadataactions/MetadataActionService.js b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadataactions/MetadataActionService.js
index 98d4793b3ca..51d51978d82 100644
--- a/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadataactions/MetadataActionService.js
+++ b/web-ui/src/main/resources/catalog/components/metadataactions/MetadataActionService.js
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@
               }
 
               if (md) {
+                gnMetadataManager.updateMdObj(md);
                 md.publish(publicationType);
               }
             },