diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTP.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTP.php
index 6504ea610f345..4ac6b28b9fc94 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTP.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTP.php
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public function fopen(string $path, string $mode) {
 					$fh = fopen('sftpwrite://' . trim($absPath, '/'), 'w', false, $context);
 					if ($fh) {
 						$fh = CallbackWrapper::wrap($fh, null, null, function () use ($path): void {
-							$this->knownMTimes->set($path, time());
+							$this->touch($path, time());
 						});
 					}
 					return $fh;
@@ -357,18 +357,17 @@ public function fopen(string $path, string $mode) {
 	}
 
 	public function touch(string $path, ?int $mtime = null): bool {
-		try {
+
+		$result = $this->getConnection()->touch($this->absPath($path), $mtime, $mtime);
+
+		if ($result) {
+			$this->getConnection()->clearStatCache();
 			if (!is_null($mtime)) {
-				return false;
-			}
-			if (!$this->file_exists($path)) {
-				return $this->getConnection()->put($this->absPath($path), '');
-			} else {
-				return false;
+				$this->knownMTimes->set($path, $mtime);
 			}
-		} catch (\Exception $e) {
-			return false;
 		}
+
+		return $result;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -429,6 +428,9 @@ public function constructUrl(string $path): string {
 	public function file_put_contents(string $path, mixed $data): int|float|false {
 		/** @psalm-suppress InternalMethod */
 		$result = $this->getConnection()->put($this->absPath($path), $data);
+
+		$this->touch($path, time());
+
 		if ($result) {
 			return strlen($data);
 		} else {
@@ -448,6 +450,9 @@ public function writeStream(string $path, $stream, ?int $size = null): int {
 		/** @psalm-suppress InternalMethod */
 		$result = $this->getConnection()->put($this->absPath($path), $stream);
 		fclose($stream);
+
+		$this->touch($path, time());
+
 		if ($result) {
 			if ($size === null) {
 				throw new \Exception('Failed to get written size from sftp storage wrapper');
diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTPWriteStream.php b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTPWriteStream.php
index 6a5e2e19fdcaf..f1dba8ec22357 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTPWriteStream.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SFTPWriteStream.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class SFTPWriteStream implements File {
 
 	private $buffer = '';
 
+	private string $path;
+
 	public static function register($protocol = 'sftpwrite') {
 		if (in_array($protocol, stream_get_wrappers(), true)) {
 			return false;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ public function stream_open($path, $mode, $options, &$opened_path) {
 		}
 
 		$remote_file = $this->sftp->_realpath($path);
+
+		$this->path = $remote_file;
 		if ($remote_file === false) {
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -160,6 +164,8 @@ public function stream_close() {
 		if (!$this->sftp->_close_handle($this->handle)) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		$this->sftp->touch($this->path, time(), time());
+
 		return true;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/build/psalm-baseline.xml b/build/psalm-baseline.xml
index fc0e97dcaba9e..1b247434bd2ce 100644
--- a/build/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/build/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -1359,7 +1359,6 @@
     <InternalMethod>
       <code><![CDATA[getLocalFile]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[new View('/' . $userId . '/files_external')]]></code>
-      <code><![CDATA[put]]></code>
     </InternalMethod>
   </file>
   <file src="apps/files_external/lib/Lib/Storage/SMB.php">