diff --git a/tests/Feature/Events/APIv2EventTest.php b/tests/Feature/Events/APIv2EventTest.php
index e20366f73..d88b2dbb6 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Events/APIv2EventTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Events/APIv2EventTest.php
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ public function testMaxUpdatedAt() {
             'event' => $idevents,
         ]);
 
-        // Sleep for a second so that the updated_at time on the event and group should not be the current time.
-        sleep(1);
+        // Sleep for two seconds so that the updated_at time on the event and group should not be the current time.
+        sleep(2);
         $now = Carbon::now()->toIso8601String();
 
         $response = $this->get("/api/v2/events/$idevents");
@@ -136,18 +136,23 @@ public function testMaxUpdatedAt() {
         $eventUpdated = $json['data']['updated_at'];
         $groupUpdated = $json['data']['group']['updated_at'];
 
-        // API v2 dates are ISO strings so we can just string compare.
-        self::assertTrue($eventUpdated == $groupUpdated);
-        self::assertFalse($eventUpdated == $now);
+        // Both times should not be the time we started at.  They might be 1s different if we happened to hit
+        // the second boundary (which we have seen on CircleCI).
+        $this->assertNotEquals($now, $eventUpdated);
+        $this->assertNotEquals($now, $groupUpdated);
+
+        $eventUpdatedEpoch = (new Carbon($eventUpdated))->getTimestamp();
+        $groupUpdatedEpoch = (new Carbon($groupUpdated))->getTimestamp();
+        $this->assertTrue(abs($eventUpdatedEpoch - $groupUpdatedEpoch) <= 1);
 
         $response = $this->get("/api/events/network?api_token=1234");
         $response->assertSuccessful();
         $json = json_decode($response->getContent(), true);
 
         // API v1 dates aren't as clear so format them for comparison.
-        $eventUpdated = (new Carbon($json[0]['updated_at']))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-        $nowF = (new Carbon($now))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
-        self::assertFalse($eventUpdated == $nowF);
+        $eventUpdatedEpoch = (new Carbon($json[0]['updated_at']))->getTimestamp();
+        $this->assertTrue(abs($eventUpdatedEpoch - $groupUpdatedEpoch) <= 1);
+        $this->assertNotEquals($now, (new Carbon($json[0]['updated_at']))->toIso8601String());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Groups/APIv2GroupTest.php b/tests/Feature/Groups/APIv2GroupTest.php
index c69e75daa..d1a962de6 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Groups/APIv2GroupTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Groups/APIv2GroupTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use App\Group;
 use App\GroupTags;
+use App\Helpers\RepairNetworkService;
 use App\Network;
 use App\User;
 use Carbon\Carbon;
@@ -402,4 +403,64 @@ public function testEmptyNetworkData() {
         $json = json_decode($response->getContent(), true);
         assertEquals(null, $json['data']['network_data']);
     }
+
+    public function testNetworkDataUpdatedAt() {
+        $user = User::factory()->administrator()->create([
+            'api_token' => '1234',
+        ]);
+        $this->actingAs($user);
+
+        $this->get('/');
+        $user = Auth::user();
+
+        $this->lastResponse = $this->post('/api/v2/groups?api_token=' . $user->api_token, [
+            'name' => 'Test Group Updated',
+            'website' => 'https://therestartproject.org',
+            'location' => 'Brussels, Belgium',
+            'description' => 'Some text.',
+            'timezone' => 'Europe/London',
+            'network_data' => [],
+            'email' => null,
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->lastResponse->isSuccessful());
+        $json = json_decode($this->lastResponse->getContent(), true);
+        $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('id', $json));
+        $idgroups = $json['id'];
+
+        $network = Network::factory()->create();
+
+        $group = Group::find($idgroups);
+        $this->networkService = new RepairNetworkService();
+        $this->networkService->addGroupToNetwork($user, $group, $network);
+
+        $now = Carbon::now()->toIso8601String();
+        sleep(1);
+
+        $response = $this->patch('/api/v2/groups/' . $idgroups, [
+            'network_data' => [
+                'foo' => 'bar',
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        $response->assertSuccessful();
+
+        // Check the updated_at has been, well, updated.
+        $response = $this->get("/api/v2/groups/$idgroups");
+        $response->assertSuccessful();
+        $json = json_decode($response->getContent(), true);
+        $this->assertEquals($idgroups, $json['data']['id']);
+        $updated_at = $json['data']['updated_at'];
+        $this->assertNotEquals($now, $updated_at);
+
+        // Test the v1 API.
+        $network->addCoordinator($user);
+        $this->actingAs($user);
+
+        $response = $this->get('/api/groups/network?api_token=1234');
+        $groups = json_decode($response->getContent(), true);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, count($groups));
+        $this->assertEquals($idgroups, $groups[0]['id']);
+        $this->assertEquals((new Carbon($updated_at))->getTimestamp(), (new Carbon($groups[0]['updated_at']))->getTimestamp());
+    }
 }