diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/notify_category_change.rb b/app/jobs/regular/notify_category_change.rb
index fbad7582e4a..d6bf0dc0c2c 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/notify_category_change.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/notify_category_change.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Jobs
 
       if post&.topic&.visible?
         post_alerter = PostAlerter.new
-        post_alerter.notify_post_users(post, User.where(id: args[:notified_user_ids]), include_tag_watchers: false)
+        post_alerter.notify_post_users(post, User.where(id: args[:notified_user_ids]), include_tag_watchers: false, new_record: false)
         post_alerter.notify_first_post_watchers(post, post_alerter.category_watchers(post.topic))
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/jobs/regular/notify_tag_change.rb b/app/jobs/regular/notify_tag_change.rb
index dff6769de97..d88deaf965c 100644
--- a/app/jobs/regular/notify_tag_change.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/regular/notify_tag_change.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module Jobs
 
       if post&.topic&.visible?
         post_alerter = PostAlerter.new
-        post_alerter.notify_post_users(post, User.where(id: args[:notified_user_ids]), include_category_watchers: false)
+        post_alerter.notify_post_users(post, User.where(id: args[:notified_user_ids]), include_category_watchers: false, new_record: false)
         post_alerter.notify_first_post_watchers(post, post_alerter.tag_watchers(post.topic))
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/services/post_alerter.rb b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
index 379c5b97741..6fc26df6d3a 100644
--- a/app/services/post_alerter.rb
+++ b/app/services/post_alerter.rb
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ class PostAlerter
     end
   end
 
-  def notify_post_users(post, notified, include_category_watchers: true, include_tag_watchers: true)
+  def notify_post_users(post, notified, include_category_watchers: true, include_tag_watchers: true, new_record: true)
     return unless post.topic
 
     warn_if_not_sidekiq
@@ -607,9 +607,12 @@ class PostAlerter
     notify = notify.where("id NOT IN (?)", exclude_user_ids) if exclude_user_ids.present?
 
     DiscourseEvent.trigger(:before_create_notifications_for_users, notify, post)
+
+    notification_type = new_record ? Notification.types[:posted] : Notification.types[:edited]
+
     notify.pluck(:id).each do |user_id|
       user = User.find_by(id: user_id)
-      create_notification(user, Notification.types[:posted], post)
+      create_notification(user, notification_type, post)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/jobs/notify_tag_change_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/notify_tag_change_spec.rb
index 9d6e0053e3a..ee96235e2e7 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/notify_tag_change_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/notify_tag_change_spec.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ describe ::Jobs::NotifyTagChange do
     notification = Notification.last
     expect(notification.user_id).to eq(user.id)
     expect(notification.topic_id).to eq(post.topic_id)
+    expect(notification.notification_type).to eq(Notification.types[:edited])
   end
 
   it 'doesnt create notification for user watching category' do
diff --git a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
index 6b1d7a070cb..8d320412817 100644
--- a/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/topic_spec.rb
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ describe Topic do
               user_id: user.id,
               topic_id: topic.id,
               post_number: 1,
-              notification_type: Notification.types[:posted]
+              notification_type: Notification.types[:edited]
             ).exists?).to eq(true)
 
             expect(Notification.where(