diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index 80cba3eb9..fac12f5af 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -295,13 +295,14 @@ def dao_delete_notifications_and_history_by_id(notification_id):
 def dao_timeout_notifications(timeout_period_in_seconds):
     # update all notifications that are older that the timeout_period_in_seconds
     #  with a status of created|sending|pending
+    update_at = datetime.utcnow()
     updated = db.session.query(Notification). \
         filter(Notification.created_at < (datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(seconds=timeout_period_in_seconds))). \
         filter(Notification.status.in_([NOTIFICATION_CREATED, NOTIFICATION_SENDING, NOTIFICATION_PENDING])). \
-        update({'status': NOTIFICATION_TEMPORARY_FAILURE}, synchronize_session=False)
+        update({'status': NOTIFICATION_TEMPORARY_FAILURE, 'updated_at': update_at}, synchronize_session=False)
     db.session.query(NotificationHistory). \
         filter(NotificationHistory.created_at < (datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(seconds=timeout_period_in_seconds))). \
         filter(NotificationHistory.status.in_([NOTIFICATION_CREATED, NOTIFICATION_SENDING, NOTIFICATION_PENDING])). \
-        update({'status': NOTIFICATION_TEMPORARY_FAILURE}, synchronize_session=False)
+        update({'status': NOTIFICATION_TEMPORARY_FAILURE, 'updated_at': update_at}, synchronize_session=False)
     db.session.commit()
     return updated