diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index c14c563..659479f 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+wb-utils (4.23.1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * wb-watch-update: republish retained messages on reconnect to mqtt broker
+
+ -- Nikolay Korotkiy <nikolay.korotkiy@wirenboard.com> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:30:00 +0400
+
 wb-utils (4.23.0) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * wb-prepare: run scripts from /etc/wb-prepare.d on firstboot
diff --git a/utils/bin/wb-watch-update b/utils/bin/wb-watch-update
index 045a473..db0d681 100755
--- a/utils/bin/wb-watch-update
+++ b/utils/bin/wb-watch-update
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ chown www-data:www-data "$SINGLE_WATCH_DIR"
 
 LAST_FIT=''
 
+mosquitto_sub -t '$SYS/broker/uptime' | while read -r message; do
+    if [[ "$message" == "0 seconds" ]]; then
+        publish_factoryreset_fits_info
+        mqtt_status "IDLE"
+    fi
+done &
+
 (
     echo "$BASHPID" > "$PID_FILE"
     2>/dev/null exec inotifywait -m -r \