diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index 570879893..9e5d003fc 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class Project < ApplicationRecord
              class_name: 'User',
              optional: true
   belongs_to :team, inverse_of: :projects, touch: true
-  belongs_to :project_folder, inverse_of: :projects, optional: true
+  belongs_to :project_folder, inverse_of: :projects, optional: true, touch: true
   has_many :user_projects, inverse_of: :project
   has_many :users, through: :user_projects
   has_many :experiments, inverse_of: :project
diff --git a/app/models/project_folder.rb b/app/models/project_folder.rb
index fd3211db6..bb6210200 100644
--- a/app/models/project_folder.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_folder.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ProjectFolder < ApplicationRecord
   before_validation :ensure_uniqueness_name_on_moving, on: :update, if: -> { parent_folder_id_changed? }
 
   belongs_to :team, inverse_of: :project_folders, touch: true
-  belongs_to :parent_folder, class_name: 'ProjectFolder', optional: true
+  belongs_to :parent_folder, class_name: 'ProjectFolder', optional: true, touch: true
   belongs_to :archived_by, foreign_key: 'archived_by_id',
                            class_name: 'User',
                            inverse_of: :archived_project_folders,