diff --git a/postsDb.go b/postsDb.go
index ecf0287..3176688 100644
--- a/postsDb.go
+++ b/postsDb.go
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ func (a *goBlog) checkPost(p *post, new bool) (err error) {
 			// Has published date in the past, so add updated date
 			p.Updated = nowString
 		}
+	} else if !new && p.Updated != "" {
+		if updated, err := dateparse.ParseLocal(p.Updated); err == nil && now.After(updated) {
+			// Has updated date in the past, so add new updated date
+			p.Updated = nowString
+		}
 	}
 	// Fix content
 	p.Content = strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(p.Content, "\n"), "\n")
diff --git a/postsDb_test.go b/postsDb_test.go
index 7c950d2..6bc3f74 100644
--- a/postsDb_test.go
+++ b/postsDb_test.go
@@ -478,4 +478,16 @@ func Test_checkPost(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NotEqual(t, oldUpdate, p.Updated)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("Updated post with just updated date should get new updated date", func(t *testing.T) {
+		oldUpdate := time.Now().Local().Add(-1 * time.Hour).Format(time.RFC3339)
+		p := &post{
+			Updated: oldUpdate,
+		}
+		app.checkPost(p, false)
+
+		assert.Empty(t, p.Published)
+		assert.NotEmpty(t, p.Updated)
+		assert.NotEqual(t, oldUpdate, p.Updated)
+	})
+
 }