diff --git a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeLastMade.vue b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeLastMade.vue
index c72b9ccf172e..a30912d8c19d 100644
--- a/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeLastMade.vue
+++ b/frontend/components/Domain/Recipe/RecipeLastMade.vue
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
       // we also update the recipe's last made value
       if (!props.value || newTimelineEvent.value.timestamp > props.value) {
-        const payload = {lastMade: newTimelineEvent.value.timestamp};
-        actions.push(userApi.recipes.patchOne(props.recipeSlug, payload));
+        actions.push(userApi.recipes.updateLastMade(props.recipeSlug,  newTimelineEvent.value.timestamp));
 
         // update recipe in parent so the user can see it
         // we remove the trailing "Z" since this is how the API returns it
diff --git a/frontend/lib/api/types/recipe.ts b/frontend/lib/api/types/recipe.ts
index f5d7cc808460..3b5a8617a448 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/api/types/recipe.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/api/types/recipe.ts
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ export interface RecipeCommentUpdate {
 export interface RecipeDuplicate {
   name?: string;
 }
+export interface RecipeLastMade {
+  timestamp: string;
+}
 export interface RecipeShareToken {
   recipeId: string;
   expiresAt?: string;
diff --git a/frontend/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe.ts b/frontend/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe.ts
index b840b47b8c53..65080b143340 100644
--- a/frontend/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe.ts
+++ b/frontend/lib/api/user/recipes/recipe.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   ParsedIngredient,
   UpdateImageResponse,
   RecipeZipTokenResponse,
+  RecipeLastMade,
   RecipeTimelineEventIn,
   RecipeTimelineEventOut,
   RecipeTimelineEventUpdate,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ const routes = {
   recipesSlugComments: (slug: string) => `${prefix}/recipes/${slug}/comments`,
   recipesSlugCommentsId: (slug: string, id: number) => `${prefix}/recipes/${slug}/comments/${id}`,
 
+  recipesSlugLastMade: (slug: string) => `${prefix}/recipes/${slug}/last-made`,
+
   recipesSlugTimelineEvent: (slug: string) => `${prefix}/recipes/${slug}/timeline/events`,
   recipesSlugTimelineEventId: (slug: string, id: string) => `${prefix}/recipes/${slug}/timeline/events/${id}`,
 };
@@ -164,6 +167,10 @@ export class RecipeAPI extends BaseCRUDAPI<CreateRecipe, Recipe, Recipe> {
     return await this.requests.post(routes.recipesCreateFromOcr, formData);
   }
 
+  async updateLastMade(recipeSlug: string, timestamp: string) {
+    return await this.requests.patch<Recipe, RecipeLastMade>(routes.recipesSlugLastMade(recipeSlug), { timestamp })
+  }
+
   async createTimelineEvent(recipeSlug: string, payload: RecipeTimelineEventIn) {
     return await this.requests.post<RecipeTimelineEventOut>(routes.recipesSlugTimelineEvent(recipeSlug), payload);
   }
diff --git a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
index 13be88be5313..a72888563027 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ from mealie.routes._base.mixins import HttpRepo
 from mealie.routes._base.routers import MealieCrudRoute, UserAPIRouter
 from mealie.schema.cookbook.cookbook import ReadCookBook
 from mealie.schema.recipe import Recipe, RecipeImageTypes, ScrapeRecipe
-from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe import CreateRecipe, CreateRecipeByUrlBulk, RecipeSummary
+from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe import (
+    CreateRecipe,
+    CreateRecipeByUrlBulk,
+    RecipeLastMade,
+    RecipeSummary,
+)
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_asset import RecipeAsset
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import RecipeIngredient
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_scraper import ScrapeRecipeTest
@@ -367,6 +372,28 @@ class RecipeController(BaseRecipeController):
 
         return recipe
 
+    @router.patch("/{slug}/last-made")
+    def update_last_made(self, slug: str, data: RecipeLastMade):
+        """Update a recipe's last made timestamp"""
+
+        try:
+            recipe = self.service.update_last_made(slug, data.timestamp)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.handle_exceptions(e)
+
+        if recipe:
+            self.publish_event(
+                event_type=EventTypes.recipe_updated,
+                document_data=EventRecipeData(operation=EventOperation.update, recipe_slug=recipe.slug),
+                message=self.t(
+                    "notifications.generic-updated-with-url",
+                    name=recipe.name,
+                    url=urls.recipe_url(recipe.slug, self.settings.BASE_URL),
+                ),
+            )
+
+        return recipe
+
     @router.delete("/{slug}")
     def delete_one(self, slug: str):
         """Deletes a recipe by slug"""
diff --git a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
index 3338add425a9..4a04a0c1df78 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe.py
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ class Recipe(RecipeSummary):
         return user_id
 
 
+class RecipeLastMade(BaseModel):
+    timestamp: datetime.datetime
+
+
 from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import RecipeIngredient  # noqa: E402
 
 RecipeSummary.update_forward_refs()
diff --git a/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py b/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
index d4aa1dc7218c..10a4a66ab641 100644
--- a/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
+++ b/mealie/services/backups_v2/alchemy_exporter.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class AlchemyExporter(BaseService):
     engine: base.Engine
     meta: MetaData
 
-    look_for_datetime = {"created_at", "update_at", "date_updated", "timestamp", "expires_at", "locked_at"}
+    look_for_datetime = {"created_at", "update_at", "date_updated", "timestamp", "expires_at", "locked_at", "last_made"}
     look_for_date = {"date_added", "date"}
     look_for_time = {"scheduled_time"}
 
diff --git a/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py b/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
index 5e8d75240e55..08df0c06cfad 100644
--- a/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
+++ b/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ class RecipeService(BaseService):
 
         Args:
             slug (str): recipe slug
+            new_data (Recipe): the new recipe data
 
         Raises:
             exceptions.PermissionDenied (403)
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ class RecipeService(BaseService):
 
     def patch_one(self, slug: str, patch_data: Recipe) -> Recipe:
         recipe: Recipe | None = self._pre_update_check(slug, patch_data)
-        recipe = self.repos.recipes.by_group(self.group.id).get_one(slug)
+        recipe = self._get_recipe(slug)
 
         if recipe is None:
             raise exceptions.NoEntryFound("Recipe not found.")
@@ -285,6 +286,11 @@ class RecipeService(BaseService):
         self.check_assets(new_data, recipe.slug)
         return new_data
 
+    def update_last_made(self, slug: str, timestamp: datetime) -> Recipe:
+        # we bypass the pre update check since any user can update a recipe's last made date, even if it's locked
+        recipe = self._get_recipe(slug)
+        return self.repos.recipes.by_group(self.group.id).patch(recipe.slug, {"last_made": timestamp})
+
     def delete_one(self, slug) -> Recipe:
         recipe = self._get_recipe(slug)
 
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_owner.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_owner.py
index a9a2f843167e..3a1e0daff155 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_owner.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_owner.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
 from tests.utils import api_routes
@@ -86,6 +88,36 @@ def test_user_locked_recipe(api_client: TestClient, user_tuple: list[TestUser])
     assert response.status_code == 403
 
 
+def test_user_update_last_made(api_client: TestClient, user_tuple: list[TestUser]) -> None:
+    usr_1, usr_2 = user_tuple
+
+    # Setup Recipe
+    recipe_name = random_string()
+    response = api_client.post(api_routes.recipes, json={"name": recipe_name}, headers=usr_1.token)
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+
+    # Get Recipe
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.recipes + f"/{recipe_name}", headers=usr_1.token)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    recipe = response.json()
+
+    # Lock Recipe
+    recipe["settings"]["locked"] = True
+    response = api_client.put(api_routes.recipes + f"/{recipe_name}", json=recipe, headers=usr_1.token)
+
+    # User 2 should be able to update the last made timestamp
+    last_made_json = {"timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat()}
+    response = api_client.patch(
+        api_routes.recipes_slug_last_made(recipe_name), json=last_made_json, headers=usr_2.token
+    )
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+
+    response = api_client.get(api_routes.recipes + f"/{recipe_name}", headers=usr_1.token)
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    recipe = response.json()
+    assert recipe["lastMade"] == last_made_json["timestamp"]
+
+
 def test_other_user_cant_lock_recipe(api_client: TestClient, user_tuple: list[TestUser]) -> None:
     usr_1, usr_2 = user_tuple
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/api_routes/__init__.py b/tests/utils/api_routes/__init__.py
index 8d8cebf17347..44fef50ba26a 100644
--- a/tests/utils/api_routes/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/utils/api_routes/__init__.py
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ def recipes_slug_image(slug):
     return f"{prefix}/recipes/{slug}/image"
 
 
+def recipes_slug_last_made(slug):
+    """`/api/recipes/{slug}/last-made`"""
+    return f"{prefix}/recipes/{slug}/last-made"
+
+
 def recipes_slug_timeline_events(slug):
     """`/api/recipes/{slug}/timeline/events`"""
     return f"{prefix}/recipes/{slug}/timeline/events"