diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/config/Topic.java b/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/config/Topic.java
index 45b6066323..4dc72f3a71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/config/Topic.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/config/Topic.java
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ private Topic overrideValue(Object nv) {
         return withNewerValue(this.modtime, nv);
     }
 
+    private Topic overrideValue(Object nv, long proposedModTime) {
+        return withNewerValue(proposedModTime, nv);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Update the value in place without changing the timestamp.
      * @param nv new value
@@ -141,6 +145,14 @@ public Topic overrideValue(Number nv) {
         return overrideValue((Object) nv);
     }
 
+    public Topic overrideValueWithCurrentTimestamp(String nv) {
+        return overrideValue(nv, System.currentTimeMillis());
+    }
+
+    public Topic overrideValueWithCurrentTimestamp(Number nv) {
+        return overrideValue(nv, System.currentTimeMillis());
+    }
+
     private Topic withValue(Object nv) {
         return withNewerValue(System.currentTimeMillis(), nv);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/lifecyclemanager/Lifecycle.java b/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/lifecyclemanager/Lifecycle.java
index d23d70190c..d2f7186ea3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/lifecyclemanager/Lifecycle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/aws/greengrass/lifecyclemanager/Lifecycle.java
@@ -441,9 +441,9 @@ void setState(State current, StateTransitionEvent stateTransitionEvent) {
         // Sync on State.class to make sure the order of setValue and globalNotifyStateChanged
         // are consistent across different services.
         try (LockScope ls = LockScope.lock(globalLock)) {
-            stateTopic.withValue(newState.ordinal());
-            statusCodeTopic.withValue(stateTransitionEvent.getStatusCode().name());
-            statusReasonTopic.withValue(stateTransitionEvent.getStatusReason());
+            stateTopic.overrideValueWithCurrentTimestamp(newState.ordinal());
+            statusCodeTopic.overrideValueWithCurrentTimestamp(stateTransitionEvent.getStatusCode().name());
+            statusReasonTopic.overrideValueWithCurrentTimestamp(stateTransitionEvent.getStatusReason());
             greengrassService.getContext().globalNotifyStateChanged(greengrassService, current, newState);
         }
     }