diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
index ad8bae19f..8c05cd177 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/documents/add_documents.rs
@@ -1897,11 +1897,11 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
         },
         {
             "id": "3",
-            "_geo": { "lat": 1, "lng": 1 },
+            "_geo": { "lat": 3, "lng": 0 },
         },
         {
             "id": "4",
-            "_geo": { "lat": "1", "lng": "1" },
+            "_geo": { "lat": "4", "lng": "0" },
         },
     ]);
 
@@ -1928,9 +1928,7 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
     }
     "###);
 
-    let (response, code) = index
-        .search_post(json!({"sort": ["_geoPoint(50.629973371633746,3.0569447399419567):desc"]}))
-        .await;
+    let (response, code) = index.search_post(json!({"sort": ["_geoPoint(10,0):asc"]})).await;
     snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
     // we are expecting docs 4 and 3 first as they have geo
     snapshot!(json_string!(response, { ".processingTimeMs" => "[time]" }),
@@ -1940,18 +1938,18 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
         {
           "id": "4",
           "_geo": {
-            "lat": "1",
-            "lng": "1"
+            "lat": "4",
+            "lng": "0"
           },
-          "_geoDistance": 5522018
+          "_geoDistance": 667170
         },
         {
           "id": "3",
           "_geo": {
-            "lat": 1,
-            "lng": 1
+            "lat": 3,
+            "lng": 0
           },
-          "_geoDistance": 5522018
+          "_geoDistance": 778364
         },
         {
           "id": "1"
@@ -1969,10 +1967,13 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
     }
     "###);
 
-    let updated_documents = json!([{
-      "id": "3",
-      "doggo": "kefir",
-    }]);
+    let updated_documents = json!([
+        {
+          "id": "3",
+          "doggo": "kefir",
+          "_geo": { "lat": 5, "lng": 0 },
+        }
+    ]);
     let (task, _status_code) = index.update_documents(updated_documents, None).await;
     let response = index.wait_task(task.uid()).await;
     snapshot!(json_string!(response, { ".duration" => "[duration]", ".enqueuedAt" => "[date]", ".startedAt" => "[date]", ".finishedAt" => "[date]" }),
@@ -2012,16 +2013,16 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
         {
           "id": "3",
           "_geo": {
-            "lat": 1,
-            "lng": 1
+            "lat": 5,
+            "lng": 0
           },
           "doggo": "kefir"
         },
         {
           "id": "4",
           "_geo": {
-            "lat": "1",
-            "lng": "1"
+            "lat": "4",
+            "lng": "0"
           }
         }
       ],
@@ -2031,31 +2032,29 @@ async fn update_documents_with_geo_field() {
     }
     "###);
 
-    let (response, code) = index
-        .search_post(json!({"sort": ["_geoPoint(50.629973371633746,3.0569447399419567):desc"]}))
-        .await;
+    let (response, code) = index.search_post(json!({"sort": ["_geoPoint(10,0):asc"]})).await;
     snapshot!(code, @"200 OK");
     // the search response should not have changed: we are expecting docs 4 and 3 first as they have geo
     snapshot!(json_string!(response, { ".processingTimeMs" => "[time]" }),
     @r###"
     {
       "hits": [
-        {
-          "id": "4",
-          "_geo": {
-            "lat": "1",
-            "lng": "1"
-          },
-          "_geoDistance": 5522018
-        },
         {
           "id": "3",
           "_geo": {
-            "lat": 1,
-            "lng": 1
+            "lat": 5,
+            "lng": 0
           },
           "doggo": "kefir",
-          "_geoDistance": 5522018
+          "_geoDistance": 555975
+        },
+        {
+          "id": "4",
+          "_geo": {
+            "lat": "4",
+            "lng": "0"
+          },
+          "_geoDistance": 667170
         },
         {
           "id": "1"
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/document_change.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/document_change.rs
index 38369a4d7..8a8ac4bb3 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/document_change.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/document_change.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use bumpalo::Bump;
 use heed::RoTxn;
+use serde_json::Value;
 
 use super::document::{
     Document as _, DocumentFromDb, DocumentFromVersions, MergedDocument, Versions,
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ use super::vector_document::{
 use crate::attribute_patterns::PatternMatch;
 use crate::documents::FieldIdMapper;
 use crate::vector::EmbeddingConfigs;
-use crate::{DocumentId, Index, Result};
+use crate::{DocumentId, Index, InternalError, Result};
 
 pub enum DocumentChange<'doc> {
     Deletion(Deletion<'doc>),
@@ -243,6 +244,29 @@ impl<'doc> Update<'doc> {
         Ok(has_deleted_fields)
     }
 
+    /// Returns `true` if the geo fields have changed.
+    pub fn has_changed_for_geo_fields<'t, Mapper: FieldIdMapper>(
+        &self,
+        rtxn: &'t RoTxn,
+        index: &'t Index,
+        mapper: &'t Mapper,
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
+        let current = self.current(rtxn, index, mapper)?;
+        let current_geo = current.geo_field()?;
+        let updated_geo = self.only_changed_fields().geo_field()?;
+        match (current_geo, updated_geo) {
+            (Some(current_geo), Some(updated_geo)) => {
+                let current: Value =
+                    serde_json::from_str(current_geo.get()).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?;
+                let updated: Value =
+                    serde_json::from_str(updated_geo.get()).map_err(InternalError::SerdeJson)?;
+                Ok(current != updated)
+            }
+            (None, None) => Ok(false),
+            _ => Ok(true),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn only_changed_vectors(
         &self,
         doc_alloc: &'doc Bump,
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/faceted/extract_facets.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/faceted/extract_facets.rs
index b3aa8f984..1b08307a2 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/faceted/extract_facets.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/new/extract/faceted/extract_facets.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl FacetedDocidsExtractor {
                 },
             ),
             DocumentChange::Update(inner) => {
-                if !inner.has_changed_for_fields(
+                let has_changed = inner.has_changed_for_fields(
                     &mut |field_name| {
                         match_faceted_field(
                             field_name,
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ impl FacetedDocidsExtractor {
                     rtxn,
                     index,
                     context.db_fields_ids_map,
-                )? {
+                )?;
+                let has_changed_for_geo_fields =
+                    inner.has_changed_for_geo_fields(rtxn, index, context.db_fields_ids_map)?;
+                if !has_changed && !has_changed_for_geo_fields {
                     return Ok(());
                 }