diff --git a/logic/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/handler/MessageTextEditHandler.kt b/logic/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/handler/MessageTextEditHandler.kt
index 61e01d5b796..aa07f66e28c 100644
--- a/logic/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/handler/MessageTextEditHandler.kt
+++ b/logic/src/commonMain/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/handler/MessageTextEditHandler.kt
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ internal class MessageTextEditHandlerImpl internal constructor(
             && editStatus is Message.EditStatus.Edited
         ) {
             // if the locally stored message is also already edited, we check which one is newer
-            if (editStatus.lastEditInstant < message.date) {
+            if (editStatus.lastEditInstant > message.date) {
                 // our local pending or failed edit is newer than one we got from the backend so we update locally only message id and date
                 messageRepository.updateTextMessage(
                     conversationId = message.conversationId,
@@ -100,5 +100,4 @@ internal class MessageTextEditHandlerImpl internal constructor(
             )
         }
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/logic/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/MessageTextEditHandlerTest.kt b/logic/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/MessageTextEditHandlerTest.kt
index c3d68d3499e..7479678b7a1 100644
--- a/logic/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/MessageTextEditHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/logic/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/wire/kalium/logic/sync/receiver/MessageTextEditHandlerTest.kt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class MessageTextEditHandlerTest {
     @Test
     fun givenEditIsOlderThanLocalPendingStoredEdit_whenHandling_thenShouldUpdateOnlyMessageIdAndDate() = runTest {
         val originalContent = TestMessage.TEXT_CONTENT
-        val originalEditStatus = Message.EditStatus.Edited(Instant.UNIX_FIRST_DATE)
+        val originalEditStatus = Message.EditStatus.Edited(Instant.DISTANT_FUTURE) // original message date is newer than edit date
         val originalMessage = ORIGINAL_MESSAGE.copy(
             editStatus = originalEditStatus,
             content = originalContent,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class MessageTextEditHandlerTest {
         )
         val editContent = EDIT_CONTENT
         val editMessage = EDIT_MESSAGE.copy(
-            date = EDIT_MESSAGE.date - 10.minutes,
+            date = originalEditStatus.lastEditInstant - 10.minutes, // edit date is older than original message date
             content = editContent
         )
         val expectedContent = MessageContent.TextEdited(
@@ -151,6 +151,41 @@ class MessageTextEditHandlerTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun givenAnAlreadyEditedMessage_whenNewEditIsInTheFuture_thenMessageContentIsUpdatd() = runTest {
+        val originalContent = TestMessage.TEXT_CONTENT
+        val originalEditStatus = Message.EditStatus.Edited(Instant.UNIX_FIRST_DATE)
+        val originalMessage = ORIGINAL_MESSAGE.copy(
+            editStatus = originalEditStatus,
+            content = originalContent,
+            status = Message.Status.Sent
+        )
+        val editContent = EDIT_CONTENT
+        val editMessage = EDIT_MESSAGE.copy(
+            date = Instant.UNIX_FIRST_DATE + 10.minutes,
+            content = editContent
+        )
+        val expectedContent = MessageContent.TextEdited(
+            editMessageId = editContent.editMessageId,
+            newContent = editContent.newContent,
+            newMentions = editContent.newMentions
+        )
+        val (arrangement, messageTextEditHandler) = arrange {
+            withGetMessageById(Either.Right(originalMessage))
+        }
+
+        messageTextEditHandler.handle(editMessage, editContent)
+
+        with(arrangement) {
+            coVerify {
+                messageRepository.updateTextMessage(any(), eq(expectedContent), eq(editMessage.id), eq(editMessage.date))
+            }.wasInvoked(exactly = once)
+            coVerify {
+                messageRepository.updateMessageStatus(any(), any(), any())
+            }.wasInvoked(exactly = once)
+        }
+    }
+
     private suspend fun arrange(block: suspend Arrangement.() -> Unit) = Arrangement(block).arrange()
 
     private class Arrangement(