diff --git a/src/post-duplicator.php b/src/post-duplicator.php
index ccb6e836a..33d1d61e4 100644
--- a/src/post-duplicator.php
+++ b/src/post-duplicator.php
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ public function create_duplicate_for_rewrite_and_republish( WP_Post $post ) {
 			\update_post_meta( $new_post_id, '_dp_creation_date_gmt', \current_time( 'mysql', 1 ) );
 		}
 
+		wp_save_post_revision( $new_post_id );
+
 		return $new_post_id;
 	}