diff --git a/includes/admin/meta-boxes/class-wc-meta-box-product-data.php b/includes/admin/meta-boxes/class-wc-meta-box-product-data.php
index 98ba09a766e..5949a74a2d4 100644
--- a/includes/admin/meta-boxes/class-wc-meta-box-product-data.php
+++ b/includes/admin/meta-boxes/class-wc-meta-box-product-data.php
@@ -1324,7 +1324,15 @@ class WC_Meta_Box_Product_Data {
 
 				} else {
 
-					$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array( 'post_status' => $post_status, 'post_title' => $variation_post_title, 'menu_order' => $variable_menu_order[ $i ] ), array( 'ID' => $variation_id ) );
+					$modified_date = current_time( 'timestamp' );
+
+					$wpdb->update( $wpdb->posts, array(
+							'post_status'       => $post_status,
+							'post_title'        => $variation_post_title,
+							'menu_order'        => $variable_menu_order[ $i ],
+							'post_modified'     => $modified_date,
+							'post_modified_gmt' => get_gmt_from_date( $modified_date )
+					), array( 'ID' => $variation_id ) );
 
 					clean_post_cache( $variation_id );
 
@@ -1528,9 +1536,6 @@ class WC_Meta_Box_Product_Data {
 					delete_post_meta( $variation_id, $key );
 				}
 
-				$modified_date = current_time( 'timestamp' );
-				$wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET post_date = %s, post_date_gmt = %s WHERE ID = %s", $modified_date, get_gmt_from_date( $modified_date ), $variation_id ) );
-
 				do_action( 'woocommerce_save_product_variation', $variation_id, $i );
 			}
 		}