diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/.ratings b/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/.ratings
index 3c0000d221aafa218e8efc4dec537c880f3da9df..814ab789e2d9d8366405a2252956bf9cfd8e4805 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/.ratings
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/.ratings
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java b6109682e2b465c98d6ff4453f409ab9801e70fa YELLOW
+ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java d72834d2f7d337dc4bf716f5cfd957c826083517 YELLOW
 ReuseLibraryUtils.java 623e28edc4ce7d5e7cb46d66ba5dcae6c86bb1bc YELLOW
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java
index b6109682e2b465c98d6ff4453f409ab9801e70fa..d72834d2f7d337dc4bf716f5cfd957c826083517 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse/src/org/fortiss/tooling/ext/reuse/utils/ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory.java
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import static org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse.utils.ReuseLibraryUtils.getReuseElem
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Random;
 
+import org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notification;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.ENamedElement;
 import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.util.EContentAdapter;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse.model.AF3ReuseFactory;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse.model.ReuseElementSpec;
 import org.fortiss.tooling.ext.reuse.model.ReuseLibrary;
@@ -84,6 +87,24 @@ public class ReuseLibraryModelElementFactory {
 		spec.setSourceLibUUID(sourceLibrary.getLibraryUUID());
 		spec.setSourceLibName(sourceLibrary.getName());
 		spec.setLastUpdate(now);
+
+		// if the new reuse element is changed, the update date needs to be updated
+		element.eAdapters().add(new EContentAdapter() {
+			@Override
+			public void notifyChanged(Notification notification) {
+				// only update if the change was not already a previous date update
+				Object feature = notification.getFeature();
+				if (feature instanceof ENamedElement) {
+					String featureName = ((ENamedElement) feature).getName();
+					if (!featureName.equals("lastUpdate")) {
+						spec.setLastUpdate(new Date());
+					}
+				}
+
+				super.notifyChanged(notification);
+			}
+		});
+
 		return spec;
 	}