diff --git a/app/Actions/UpdateUserProfile.php b/app/Actions/UpdateUserProfile.php
index 3333eb16f..5274f9656 100644
--- a/app/Actions/UpdateUserProfile.php
+++ b/app/Actions/UpdateUserProfile.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use App\Dto\GitHubProfile;
 use App\Jobs\LookUpUserOrganizations;
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Queries\GitHubReadmeQuery;
 use App\Services\GitHub;
 use Illuminate\Database\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
 use Illuminate\Http\Client\ConnectionException;
@@ -14,8 +15,8 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 
 /**
- * Mirrors the GitHub profile and SSH keys of a user again, without them having to sign in, and looks the organizations
- * their bio and company mention up.
+ * Mirrors the GitHub profile, profile README and SSH keys of a user again, without them having to sign in, and looks
+ * the organizations their bio and company mention up.
  */
 final readonly class UpdateUserProfile
 {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private GitHub $github,
         private UpdateUserSshKeys $updateUserSshKeys,
         private UpdateStaleHandles $updateStaleHandles,
+        private GitHubReadmeQuery $readme,
     ) {
         //
     }
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ public function handle(User $user): bool
             });
 
             LookUpUserOrganizations::dispatchFor($user);
+
+            $this->readme->forget($user);
         } catch (ConnectionException|RequestException|UniqueConstraintViolationException $exception) {
             report($exception);
 
diff --git a/app/Queries/GitHubReadmeQuery.php b/app/Queries/GitHubReadmeQuery.php
index 92f25ff6d..e2d21b7b1 100644
--- a/app/Queries/GitHubReadmeQuery.php
+++ b/app/Queries/GitHubReadmeQuery.php
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ public function __construct(private GitHub $github)
      */
     public function get(User $user): string|false|null
     {
-        $key = "github-readme:{$user->github_id}";
-        $failedKey = "github-readme-failed:{$user->github_id}";
+        $key = $this->key($user);
+        $failedKey = $this->failedKey($user);
 
         /** @var string|null $html */
         $html = Cache::get($key);
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ public function get(User $user): string|false|null
         return $html === '' ? null : $html;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Read the README from GitHub again on the next view, as someone who syncs their profile expects to see theirs.
+     */
+    public function forget(User $user): void
+    {
+        Cache::forget($this->key($user));
+        Cache::forget($this->failedKey($user));
+    }
+
+    private function key(User $user): string
+    {
+        return "github-readme:{$user->github_id}";
+    }
+
+    private function failedKey(User $user): string
+    {
+        return "github-readme-failed:{$user->github_id}";
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws HttpClientException
      */
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Actions/UpdateUserProfileTest.php b/tests/Unit/Actions/UpdateUserProfileTest.php
index 28c8d84e2..9f05dfdc3 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Actions/UpdateUserProfileTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Actions/UpdateUserProfileTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use App\Jobs\LookUpUserOrganizations;
 use App\Models\SshKey;
 use App\Models\User;
+use App\Queries\GitHubReadmeQuery;
 use Illuminate\Http\Client\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
@@ -99,6 +100,34 @@
         ->and($user->sshKeys()->sole()->fingerprint)->toBe($publicKey->fingerprint());
 });
 
+it('reads the readme from github again, so an edited one shows after syncing', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+
+    fakeGitHubAccount($user);
+    Http::fake(['api.github.com/repos/octocat/octocat/readme' => Http::sequence()->push('<p>Old</p>')->push('<p>New</p>')]);
+
+    expect(resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class)->get($user))->toBe('<p>Old</p>');
+
+    resolve(UpdateUserProfile::class)->handle($user);
+
+    expect(resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class)->get($user))->toBe('<p>New</p>');
+});
+
+it('keeps the cached readme when the sync fails', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+
+    Http::fake([
+        "api.github.com/user/{$user->github_id}" => Http::sequence()->push(['login' => 'octocat'])->push(['message' => 'Error'], 500),
+        'api.github.com/repos/octocat/octocat/readme' => Http::sequence()->push('<p>Old</p>')->push('<p>New</p>'),
+    ]);
+
+    expect(resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class)->get($user))->toBe('<p>Old</p>');
+
+    resolve(UpdateUserProfile::class)->handle($user);
+
+    expect(resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class)->get($user))->toBe('<p>Old</p>');
+});
+
 it('looks the account up by its github id, so a renamed handle cannot be claimed', function (): void {
     $user = User::factory()->create(['github_id' => '583231', 'handle' => 'old-handle']);
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Queries/GitHubReadmeQueryTest.php b/tests/Unit/Queries/GitHubReadmeQueryTest.php
index a03d2be14..5b8ed2e76 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Queries/GitHubReadmeQueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Queries/GitHubReadmeQueryTest.php
@@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ function fakeGitHubReadme(User $user, mixed $readme): void
     expect(resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class)->get($user))->toBe('<p>Hi</p>');
 });
 
+it('reads the readme again once forgotten, a failed read included', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create();
+
+    Http::fake([
+        "api.github.com/user/{$user->github_id}" => Http::response(['login' => 'octocat']),
+        'api.github.com/repos/octocat/octocat/readme' => Http::sequence()->push('<p>Old</p>')->pushStatus(502)->push('<p>New</p>'),
+    ]);
+    $readme = resolve(GitHubReadmeQuery::class);
+
+    expect($readme->get($user))->toBe('<p>Old</p>');
+    $readme->forget($user);
+    expect($readme->get($user))->toBeFalse();
+    $readme->forget($user);
+    expect($readme->get($user))->toBe('<p>New</p>');
+});
+
 it('keeps a readme with uploaded images for a few minutes, as their links expire', function (string $html, int $minutes, bool $isFetchedAgain): void {
     $user = User::factory()->create();