diff --git a/app/jobs/cache_attribute_word_count_job.rb b/app/jobs/cache_attribute_word_count_job.rb
index fb3336e33..80caa5ad1 100644
--- a/app/jobs/cache_attribute_word_count_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/cache_attribute_word_count_job.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def perform(*args)
 
     # If we have a blank/null value, ezpz 0 words
     if attribute.nil? || attribute.value.nil? || attribute.value.blank?
-      attribute.update!(word_count_cache: 0)
+      attribute.update_column(:word_count_cache, 0)
       return
     end
 
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ def perform(*args)
       stray_punctuation: 'ignore'
     ).count(attribute.value)
 
-    attribute.update!(word_count_cache: word_count)
+    attribute.update_column(:word_count_cache, word_count)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/cache.rake b/lib/tasks/cache.rake
index 54ae02bb5..1b06f1f06 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/cache.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/cache.rake
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace :cache do
 
       content_type.order('updated_at DESC').find_each do |entity|
         sum_attribute_word_count = Attribute.where(entity_type: content_type.name, entity_id: entity.id).sum(:word_count_cache)
-        entity.update(cached_word_count: sum_attribute_word_count)
+        entity.update_column(:cached_word_count, sum_attribute_word_count)
       end
     end
   end