diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ee79f733c4..7b1f58769a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
 - Dev: Refactor Args to be less of a singleton. (#5041)
 - Dev: Channels without any animated elements on screen will skip updates from the GIF timer. (#5042, #5043, #5045)
 - Dev: Autogenerate docs/plugin-meta.lua. (#5055)
+- Dev: Fix `NotebookTab` emitting updates for every message. (#5068)
 
 ## 2.4.6
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/NotebookTab.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/NotebookTab.cpp
index 7abd0f20511..af75468c8f5 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/NotebookTab.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/NotebookTab.cpp
@@ -346,17 +346,25 @@ bool NotebookTab::isLive() const
 
 void NotebookTab::setHighlightState(HighlightState newHighlightStyle)
 {
-    if (this->isSelected() || (!this->highlightEnabled_ &&
-                               newHighlightStyle == HighlightState::NewMessage))
+    if (this->isSelected())
     {
         return;
     }
-    if (this->highlightState_ != HighlightState::Highlighted)
+
+    if (!this->highlightEnabled_ &&
+        newHighlightStyle == HighlightState::NewMessage)
     {
-        this->highlightState_ = newHighlightStyle;
+        return;
+    }
 
-        this->update();
+    if (this->highlightState_ == newHighlightStyle ||
+        this->highlightState_ == HighlightState::Highlighted)
+    {
+        return;
     }
+
+    this->highlightState_ = newHighlightStyle;
+    this->update();
 }
 
 HighlightState NotebookTab::highlightState() const
diff --git a/tests/src/NotebookTab.cpp b/tests/src/NotebookTab.cpp
index 3731d4022dc..56a14989890 100644
--- a/tests/src/NotebookTab.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/NotebookTab.cpp
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ TEST_F(NotebookTabFixture, UpgradeHighlightState)
 /// The highlight state must stay as NewMessage when called twice
 TEST_F(NotebookTabFixture, SameHighlightStateNewMessage)
 {
-    // XXX: This only updates the state once, so it should only update once
-    EXPECT_CALL(this->tab, update).Times(Exactly(2));
+    EXPECT_CALL(this->tab, update).Times(Exactly(1));
     EXPECT_EQ(this->tab.highlightState(), HighlightState::None);
     this->tab.setHighlightState(HighlightState::NewMessage);
     EXPECT_EQ(this->tab.highlightState(), HighlightState::NewMessage);