diff --git a/src/EloquentRepository.php b/src/EloquentRepository.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/EloquentRepository.php
+++ b/src/EloquentRepository.php
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ class EloquentRepository implements Repository
 		$instance = $this->read();
 		$this->fill($instance);
 
-		return $instance;
+		// Return the updated instance
+		return $this->read();
 	}
 
 	/**
Repository updates should return updated resource instead of the resource at the state previous to mdoifications, which wouldn't always include nested updates