diff --git a/editor/editor_node.cpp b/editor/editor_node.cpp
index de52afa91cd..2261b14acbe 100644
--- a/editor/editor_node.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_node.cpp
@@ -1867,6 +1867,7 @@ int EditorNode::_save_external_resources(bool p_also_save_external_data) {
 		res->set_edited(false);
 	}
 
+	bool script_was_saved = false;
 	for (const String &E : edited_resources) {
 		Ref<Resource> res = ResourceCache::get_ref(E);
 		if (res.is_null()) {
@@ -1876,10 +1877,18 @@ int EditorNode::_save_external_resources(bool p_also_save_external_data) {
 		if (ps.is_valid()) {
 			continue; // Do not save PackedScenes, this will mess up the editor.
 		}
+		if (!script_was_saved) {
+			Ref<Script> scr = res;
+			script_was_saved = scr.is_valid();
+		}
 		ResourceSaver::save(res, res->get_path(), flg);
 		saved++;
 	}
 
+	if (script_was_saved) {
+		ScriptEditor::get_singleton()->update_script_times();
+	}
+
 	if (p_also_save_external_data) {
 		for (int i = 0; i < editor_data.get_editor_plugin_count(); i++) {
 			EditorPlugin *plugin = editor_data.get_editor_plugin(i);
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index af7812abe80..d9bb5d79c54 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -2817,6 +2817,15 @@ void ScriptEditor::save_all_scripts() {
 	_update_script_names();
 }
 
+void ScriptEditor::update_script_times() {
+	for (int i = 0; i < tab_container->get_tab_count(); i++) {
+		ScriptEditorBase *se = Object::cast_to<ScriptEditorBase>(tab_container->get_tab_control(i));
+		if (se) {
+			se->edited_file_data.last_modified_time = FileAccess::get_modified_time(se->edited_file_data.path);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void ScriptEditor::apply_scripts() const {
 	for (int i = 0; i < tab_container->get_tab_count(); i++) {
 		ScriptEditorBase *se = Object::cast_to<ScriptEditorBase>(tab_container->get_tab_control(i));
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.h b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.h
index 02e0529a7cf..30198f1cb1c 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.h
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.h
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ public:
 	PackedStringArray get_unsaved_scripts() const;
 	void save_current_script();
 	void save_all_scripts();
+	void update_script_times();
 
 	void set_window_layout(Ref<ConfigFile> p_layout);
 	void get_window_layout(Ref<ConfigFile> p_layout);