diff --git a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers.go b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers.go
index 7142bb3f1..044460b6c 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package v1beta1
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
@@ -56,10 +55,10 @@ func (i *Instance) NoPlanEverExecuted() bool {
 }
 
 // UpdateInstanceStatus updates `Status.PlanStatus` and `Status.AggregatedStatus` property based on the given plan
-func (i *Instance) UpdateInstanceStatus(planStatus *PlanStatus) {
+func (i *Instance) UpdateInstanceStatus(planStatus *PlanStatus, updatedTimestamp *metav1.Time) {
 	for k, v := range i.Status.PlanStatus {
 		if v.Name == planStatus.Name {
-			planStatus.LastUpdatedTimestamp = &metav1.Time{Time: time.Now()}
+			planStatus.LastUpdatedTimestamp = updatedTimestamp
 			i.Status.PlanStatus[k] = *planStatus
 			i.Status.AggregatedStatus.Status = planStatus.Status
 			if planStatus.Status.IsTerminal() {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func (i *Instance) UpdateInstanceStatus(planStatus *PlanStatus) {
 
 // ResetPlanStatus method resets a PlanStatus for a passed plan name and instance. Plan/phase/step statuses
 // are set to ExecutionPending meaning that the controller will restart plan execution.
-func (i *Instance) ResetPlanStatus(plan string) error {
+func (i *Instance) ResetPlanStatus(plan string, updatedTimestamp *metav1.Time) error {
 	planStatus := i.PlanStatus(plan)
 	if planStatus == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to find planStatus for the plan '%s'", plan)
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ func (i *Instance) ResetPlanStatus(plan string) error {
 	}
 
 	// update instance aggregated status
-	i.UpdateInstanceStatus(planStatus)
+	i.UpdateInstanceStatus(planStatus, updatedTimestamp)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers_test.go b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers_test.go
index f8d2e3400..9a5cebb66 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types_helpers_test.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestInstance_ResetPlanStatus(t *testing.T) {
 
 	oldUID := instance.Status.PlanStatus["deploy"].UID
 
-	err := instance.ResetPlanStatus("deploy")
+	err := instance.ResetPlanStatus("deploy", &metav1.Time{Time: time.Now()})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// we test that UID has changed. afterwards, we replace it with the old one and compare new
diff --git a/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go b/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
index ef7ced56e..2bd2104c5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/uuid"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ func (r *Reconciler) Reconcile(request ctrl.Request) (ctrl.Result, error) {
 
 	// ---------- 5. Update status of instance after the execution proceeded ----------
 	if newStatus != nil {
-		instance.UpdateInstanceStatus(newStatus)
+		instance.UpdateInstanceStatus(newStatus, &metav1.Time{Time: time.Now()})
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		err = r.handleError(err, instance, oldInstance)