diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_album.go b/core/artwork/reader_album.go
index 0dbb88dab..680ce2349 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_album.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_album.go
@@ -53,10 +53,12 @@ func newAlbumArtworkReader(ctx context.Context, artwork *artwork, artID model.Ar
 		lib:       lib,
 	}
 	a.cacheKey.artID = artID
-	if a.updatedAt != nil && a.updatedAt.After(al.UpdatedAt) {
+	a.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.UpdatedAt
+	if a.updatedAt != nil && a.updatedAt.After(a.cacheKey.lastUpdate) {
 		a.cacheKey.lastUpdate = *a.updatedAt
-	} else {
-		a.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.UpdatedAt
+	}
+	if al.ImportedAt.After(a.cacheKey.lastUpdate) {
+		a.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.ImportedAt
 	}
 	return a, nil
 }
diff --git a/core/artwork/reader_disc.go b/core/artwork/reader_disc.go
index de0a765f0..9140d6f1e 100644
--- a/core/artwork/reader_disc.go
+++ b/core/artwork/reader_disc.go
@@ -105,10 +105,12 @@ func newDiscArtworkReader(ctx context.Context, a *artwork, artID model.ArtworkID
 		updatedAt:      imagesUpdatedAt,
 	}
 	r.cacheKey.artID = artID
-	if r.updatedAt != nil && r.updatedAt.After(al.UpdatedAt) {
+	r.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.UpdatedAt
+	if r.updatedAt != nil && r.updatedAt.After(r.cacheKey.lastUpdate) {
 		r.cacheKey.lastUpdate = *r.updatedAt
-	} else {
-		r.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.UpdatedAt
+	}
+	if al.ImportedAt.After(r.cacheKey.lastUpdate) {
+		r.cacheKey.lastUpdate = al.ImportedAt
 	}
 	return r, nil
 }
diff --git a/scanner/phase_3_refresh_albums.go b/scanner/phase_3_refresh_albums.go
index 1de016988..33e0fed01 100644
--- a/scanner/phase_3_refresh_albums.go
+++ b/scanner/phase_3_refresh_albums.go
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ func (p *phaseRefreshAlbums) refreshAlbum(album *model.Album) (*model.Album, err
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	start := time.Now()
-	album.UpdatedAt = start
 	err := p.ds.Album(p.ctx).Put(album)
 	log.Debug(p.ctx, "Scanner: refreshing album", "album_id", album.ID, "name", album.Name, "songCount", album.SongCount, "elapsed", time.Since(start), err)
 	if err != nil {