diff --git a/src/scripts/models/item.ts b/src/scripts/models/item.ts
index 5763812b..6ca4d2a8 100644
--- a/src/scripts/models/item.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/models/item.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ export class RSSItem {
         this.title = item.title || null;
         this.link = item.link || "";
         this.fetchedDate = new Date();
-        this.date = new Date(item.isoDate ?? item.pubDate ?? this.fetchedDate);
+        this.date = new Date(
+            item.isoDate ?? item.pubDate ?? item.updated ?? this.fetchedDate,
+        );
         this.thumbnails = [];
         this.thumbnailJobs = [];
         this.creator = item.creator;
diff --git a/src/scripts/utils.ts b/src/scripts/utils.ts
index 54539ff2..2cdd85fe 100644
--- a/src/scripts/utils.ts
+++ b/src/scripts/utils.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ const rssParser = new Parser({
         item: [
             "thumb",
             "image",
+            // Part of an atom namespace even in RSS.
+            // xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
+            ["atom:updated", "updated"],
+            ["updated", "updated"],
             ["media:thumbnail", "mediaThumbnails", { keepArray: true }],
             ["content:encoded", "fullContent"],
             ["media:content", "mediaContent", { keepArray: true }],