diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_batch.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_batch.rs
index a82324fc1..beb7c021f 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_batch.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_batch.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use meilisearch_types::tasks::{Details, IndexSwap, Kind, KindWithContent, Status
 use meilisearch_types::versioning::{VERSION_MAJOR, VERSION_MINOR, VERSION_PATCH};
 use milli::update::Settings as MilliSettings;
 use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 use super::create_batch::Batch;
 use crate::processing::{
@@ -232,8 +233,15 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             Batch::IndexUpdate { index_uid, primary_key, new_index_uid, mut task } => {
                 progress.update_progress(UpdateIndexProgress::UpdatingTheIndex);
 
+                // Get the index (renamed or not)
+                let rtxn = self.env.read_txn()?;
+                let index = self.index_mapper.index(&rtxn, &index_uid)?;
+                let mut index_wtxn = index.write_txn()?;
+
                 // Handle rename if new_index_uid is provided
                 let final_index_uid = if let Some(new_uid) = &new_index_uid {
+                    index.set_updated_at(&mut index_wtxn, &OffsetDateTime::now_utc())?;
+
                     let mut wtxn = self.env.write_txn()?;
 
                     // Rename the index
@@ -252,13 +260,9 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 } else {
                     index_uid.clone()
                 };
-                // Get the index (renamed or not)
-                let rtxn = self.env.read_txn()?;
-                let index = self.index_mapper.index(&rtxn, &final_index_uid)?;
 
                 // Handle primary key update if provided
                 if let Some(ref primary_key) = primary_key {
-                    let mut index_wtxn = index.write_txn()?;
                     let mut builder = MilliSettings::new(
                         &mut index_wtxn,
                         &index,
@@ -274,9 +278,9 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                             current_batch.embedder_stats.clone(),
                         )
                         .map_err(|e| Error::from_milli(e, Some(final_index_uid.to_string())))?;
-                    index_wtxn.commit()?;
                 }
 
+                index_wtxn.commit()?;
                 // drop rtxn before starting a new wtxn on the same db
                 rtxn.commit()?;
 
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/index/update_index.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/index/update_index.rs
index 262324bcf..45f3ea420 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/index/update_index.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/index/update_index.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use meili_snap::snapshot;
+
 use time::format_description::well_known::Rfc3339;
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
@@ -106,3 +108,34 @@ async fn error_update_unexisting_index() {
 
     assert_eq!(response["error"], expected_response);
 }
+
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn update_index_name() {
+    let server = Server::new_shared();
+    let index = server.unique_index();
+    let (task, code) = index.create(None).await;
+
+    assert_eq!(code, 202);
+    server.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    let new_index = server.unique_index();
+    let (task, _status_code) = index.update_raw(json!({ "uid": new_index.uid })).await;
+    server.wait_task(task.uid()).await.succeeded();
+
+    let (response, code) = new_index.get().await;
+
+    snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
+
+    assert_eq!(response["uid"], new_index.uid);
+    assert!(response.get("createdAt").is_some());
+    assert!(response.get("updatedAt").is_some());
+
+    let created_at =
+        OffsetDateTime::parse(response["createdAt"].as_str().unwrap(), &Rfc3339).unwrap();
+    let updated_at =
+        OffsetDateTime::parse(response["updatedAt"].as_str().unwrap(), &Rfc3339).unwrap();
+    assert!(created_at < updated_at, "{created_at} should be inferior to {updated_at}");
+
+    snapshot!(response["primaryKey"], @"null");
+    snapshot!(response.as_object().unwrap().len(), @"4");
+}
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/index.rs b/crates/milli/src/index.rs
index 9f32fdb04..6429dabbc 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/index.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/index.rs
@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ impl Index {
             .0)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn set_updated_at(
+    pub fn set_updated_at(
         &self,
         wtxn: &mut RwTxn<'_>,
         time: &time::OffsetDateTime,