diff --git a/plugins/bundle/status.go b/plugins/bundle/status.go
index 432946531a..b8fc856c7c 100644
--- a/plugins/bundle/status.go
+++ b/plugins/bundle/status.go
@@ -41,17 +41,16 @@ type Status struct {
 // activation.
 func (s *Status) SetActivateSuccess(revision string) {
 	s.LastSuccessfulActivation = time.Now().UTC()
-	s.ActiveRevision = revision
+	if s.ActiveRevision != revision {
+		s.FirstSuccessfulActivation = s.LastSuccessfulActivation
+		s.ActiveRevision = revision
+	}
 }
 
 // SetDownloadSuccess updates the status object to reflect a successful
 // download.
 func (s *Status) SetDownloadSuccess() {
 	s.LastSuccessfulDownload = time.Now().UTC()
-
-	if s.FirstSuccessfulActivation.IsZero() {
-		s.FirstSuccessfulActivation = s.LastSuccessfulDownload
-	}
 }
 
 // SetRequest updates the status object to reflect a download attempt.
diff --git a/plugins/status/plugin.go b/plugins/status/plugin.go
index ded3346044..108adc098e 100644
--- a/plugins/status/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/status/plugin.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (p *Plugin) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	if p.config.Prometheus && p.manager.PrometheusRegister() != nil {
 		p.register(p.manager.PrometheusRegister(), pluginStatus, loaded, failLoad,
 			lastRequest, lastSuccessfulActivation, lastSuccessfulDownload,
-			lastSuccessfulRequest, bundleLoadDuration)
+			lastSuccessfulRequest, bundleLoadDuration, activeRevision)
 	}
 
 	// Set the status plugin's status to OK now that everything is registered and
diff --git a/plugins/status/plugin_go1.17_test.go b/plugins/status/plugin_go1.17_test.go
index ce714d4290..90742b15a9 100644
--- a/plugins/status/plugin_go1.17_test.go
+++ b/plugins/status/plugin_go1.17_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func TestPluginPrometheus(t *testing.T) {
 	if registerMock.Collectors[pluginStatus] != true {
 		t.Fatalf("Plugin status metric was not registered on prometheus")
 	}
+	if registerMock.Collectors[activeRevision] != true {
+		t.Fatalf("activeRevision metric was not registered on prometheus")
+	}
 	if registerMock.Collectors[loaded] != true {
 		t.Fatalf("Loaded metric was not registered on prometheus")
 	}
@@ -90,6 +93,11 @@ func TestPluginPrometheus(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Last request expected (%v), got %v", status.LastSuccessfulActivation.UTC(), lastSuccessfulActivationMetricResult.UTC())
 	}
 
+	activeRevisionMetricResult := time.UnixMilli(int64(testutil.ToFloat64(activeRevision) / 1e6))
+	if !activeRevisionMetricResult.Equal(status.FirstSuccessfulActivation) {
+		t.Fatalf("Active revision expected (%v), got %v", status.FirstSuccessfulActivation.UTC(), activeRevisionMetricResult.UTC())
+	}
+
 	bundlesLoaded := testutil.CollectAndCount(loaded)
 	if bundlesLoaded != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected number of bundle loads (%v), got %v", 1, bundlesLoaded)
diff --git a/plugins/status/plugin_test.go b/plugins/status/plugin_test.go
index d5014de995..680c7355de 100644
--- a/plugins/status/plugin_test.go
+++ b/plugins/status/plugin_test.go
@@ -749,17 +749,19 @@ func (t *testServer) stop() {
 
 func testStatus() *bundle.Status {
 	tDownload, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:00.0000000Z")
-	tActivate, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:01.0000000Z")
-	tSuccessfulRequest, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:02.0000000Z")
-	tRequest, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:03.0000000Z")
+	tFirstActivation, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:01.0000000Z")
+	tActivate, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:02.0000000Z")
+	tSuccessfulRequest, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:03.0000000Z")
+	tRequest, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2018-01-01T00:00:04.0000000Z")
 
 	status := bundle.Status{
-		Name:                     "example/authz",
-		ActiveRevision:           "quickbrawnfaux",
-		LastSuccessfulDownload:   tDownload,
-		LastSuccessfulActivation: tActivate,
-		LastRequest:              tRequest,
-		LastSuccessfulRequest:    tSuccessfulRequest,
+		Name:                      "example/authz",
+		ActiveRevision:            "quickbrawnfaux",
+		FirstSuccessfulActivation: tFirstActivation,
+		LastSuccessfulDownload:    tDownload,
+		LastSuccessfulActivation:  tActivate,
+		LastRequest:               tRequest,
+		LastSuccessfulRequest:     tSuccessfulRequest,
 	}
 
 	return &status