diff --git a/src/Database/Database.php b/src/Database/Database.php
index 068a68b44..ef7705fe4 100644
--- a/src/Database/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database/Database.php
@@ -4007,11 +4007,12 @@ public function updateDocument(string $collection, string $id, Document $documen
             }
 
             $this->adapter->updateDocument($collection->getId(), $id, $document);
-            $this->purgeCachedDocument($collection->getId(), $id);
 
             return $document;
         });
 
+        $this->purgeCachedDocument($collection->getId(), $id);
+
         if ($this->resolveRelationships) {
             $document = $this->silent(fn () => $this->populateDocumentRelationships($collection, $document));
         }
@@ -4961,13 +4962,12 @@ public function deleteDocument(string $collection, string $id): bool
             if ($this->resolveRelationships) {
                 $document = $this->silent(fn () => $this->deleteDocumentRelationships($collection, $document));
             }
+            return $this->adapter->deleteDocument($collection->getId(), $id);
+        });
 
-            $result = $this->adapter->deleteDocument($collection->getId(), $id);
-
+        if ($deleted) {
             $this->purgeCachedDocument($collection->getId(), $id);
-
-            return $result;
-        });
+        }
 
         $this->trigger(self::EVENT_DOCUMENT_DELETE, $document);
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Base.php b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Base.php
index 54b38f7c0..66c97ae98 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/Adapter/Base.php
+++ b/tests/e2e/Adapter/Base.php
@@ -17904,6 +17904,7 @@ public function testCacheFallback(): void
         Console::execute('docker ps -a --filter "name=utopia-redis" --format "{{.Names}}" | xargs -r docker start', "", $stdout, $stderr);
         sleep(5);
 
+        // Should return empty results after the delete operation
         $this->assertCount(1, $database->find('testRedisFallback', [Query::equal('string', ['text📝'])]));
     }
 }