diff --git a/app/controllers/api/account.php b/app/controllers/api/account.php
index 20f64496ac..4a2f1996a7 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/account.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/account.php
@@ -3080,6 +3080,7 @@ App::patch('/v1/account/prefs')
         $user->setAttribute('prefs', $prefs);
 
         $user = $dbForProject->withRequestTimestamp($requestTimestamp, fn () => $dbForProject->updateDocument('users', $user->getId(), $user));
+        $dbForProject->purgeCachedDocument('users', $user->getId());
 
         $queueForEvents->setParam('userId', $user->getId());