diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index 14bf0e87..27f859d3 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -474,6 +474,11 @@
 			<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mockserver-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
index f650f93a..eae5093a 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/HttpGetter.java
@@ -182,11 +182,28 @@ public class HttpGetter {
 		System.out.println(new String(result.content));
 	}
 
+	@Getter
 	public static class NotModifiedException extends Exception {
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+		/**
+		 * if the value of this header changed, this is its new value
+		 */
+		private String newLastModifiedHeader;
+
+		/**
+		 * if the value of this header changed, this is its new value
+		 */
+		private String newEtagHeader;
+
 		public NotModifiedException(String message) {
+			this(message, null, null);
+		}
+
+		public NotModifiedException(String message, String newLastModifiedHeader, String newEtagHeader) {
 			super(message);
+			this.newLastModifiedHeader = newLastModifiedHeader;
+			this.newEtagHeader = newEtagHeader;
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
index 02a3bf33..8c9052e5 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcher.java
@@ -62,16 +62,23 @@ public class FeedFetcher {
 			throw new IOException("Feed content is empty.");
 		}
 
+		boolean lastModifiedHeaderValueChanged = !StringUtils.equals(lastModified, result.getLastModifiedSince());
+		boolean etagHeaderValueChanged = !StringUtils.equals(eTag, result.getETag());
+
 		String hash = DigestUtils.sha1Hex(content);
 		if (lastContentHash != null && hash != null && lastContentHash.equals(hash)) {
 			log.debug("content hash not modified: {}", feedUrl);
-			throw new NotModifiedException("content hash not modified");
+			throw new NotModifiedException("content hash not modified",
+					lastModifiedHeaderValueChanged ? result.getLastModifiedSince() : null,
+					etagHeaderValueChanged ? result.getETag() : null);
 		}
 
 		if (lastPublishedDate != null && fetchedFeed.getFeed().getLastPublishedDate() != null
 				&& lastPublishedDate.getTime() == fetchedFeed.getFeed().getLastPublishedDate().getTime()) {
 			log.debug("publishedDate not modified: {}", feedUrl);
-			throw new NotModifiedException("publishedDate not modified");
+			throw new NotModifiedException("publishedDate not modified",
+					lastModifiedHeaderValueChanged ? result.getLastModifiedSince() : null,
+					etagHeaderValueChanged ? result.getETag() : null);
 		}
 
 		Feed feed = fetchedFeed.getFeed();
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshWorker.java b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshWorker.java
index 643fff75..b1a88885 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshWorker.java
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedRefreshWorker.java
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ public class FeedRefreshWorker implements Managed {
 			feed.setMessage(e.getMessage());
 			feed.setDisabledUntil(refreshIntervalCalculator.onFeedNotModified(feed));
 
+			if (e.getNewLastModifiedHeader() != null) {
+				feed.setLastModifiedHeader(e.getNewLastModifiedHeader());
+			}
+
+			if (e.getNewEtagHeader() != null) {
+				feed.setEtagHeader(e.getNewEtagHeader());
+			}
+
 			queues.giveBack(feed);
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			String message = "Unable to refresh feed " + feed.getUrl() + " : " + e.getMessage();
diff --git a/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcherTest.java b/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcherTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f98dbc1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commafeed-server/src/test/java/com/commafeed/backend/feed/FeedFetcherTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.feed;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
+
+import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter;
+import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.HttpResult;
+import com.commafeed.backend.HttpGetter.NotModifiedException;
+import com.commafeed.backend.urlprovider.FeedURLProvider;
+import com.rometools.rome.io.FeedException;
+
+@ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+class FeedFetcherTest {
+
+	@Mock
+	private FeedParser parser;
+
+	@Mock
+	private HttpGetter getter;
+
+	@Mock
+	private Set<FeedURLProvider> urlProviders;
+
+	private FeedFetcher fetcher;
+
+	@BeforeEach
+	void init() {
+		fetcher = new FeedFetcher(parser, getter, urlProviders);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void updatesHeaderWhenContentDitNotChange() throws FeedException, IOException, NotModifiedException {
+		String url = "https://aaa.com";
+		String lastModified = "last-modified-1";
+		String etag = "etag-1";
+		byte[] content = "content".getBytes();
+		String lastContentHash = DigestUtils.sha1Hex(content);
+
+		Mockito.when(getter.getBinary(url, lastModified, etag, 20000))
+				.thenReturn(new HttpResult(content, "content-type", "last-modified-2", "etag-2", 20, null));
+
+		NotModifiedException e = Assertions.assertThrows(NotModifiedException.class,
+				() -> fetcher.fetch(url, false, lastModified, etag, new Date(), lastContentHash));
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals("last-modified-2", e.getNewLastModifiedHeader());
+		Assertions.assertEquals("etag-2", e.getNewEtagHeader());
+
+	}
+
+}