diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts b/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
index c89d1720..95957134 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import {
 	MISSING_KEYS_ERROR_TEXT,
 	NACK_REASONS,
 	NO_MESSAGE_FOUND_ERROR_TEXT,
+	toNumber,
 	unixTimestampSeconds,
 	xmppPreKey,
 	xmppSignedPreKey
@@ -1097,7 +1098,7 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 								'messages.update',
 								ids.map(id => ({
 									key: { ...key, id },
-									update: { status }
+									update: { status, messageTimestamp: toNumber(+(attrs.t ?? 0)) }
 								}))
 							)
 						}