diff --git a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
index d36806a1b3..df0bb7a70c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Skinning/Editor/SkinEditor.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning.Editor
         [Resolved]
         private OsuColour colours { get; set; }
 
+        [Resolved]
+        private RealmAccess realm { get; set; }
+
         [Resolved(canBeNull: true)]
         private SkinEditorOverlay skinEditorOverlay { get; set; }
 
@@ -347,6 +350,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Skinning.Editor
                         skins.AddFile(skinInfo, contents, file.Name);
                 });
 
+                // Even though we are 100% on an update thread, we need to wait for realm callbacks to fire (to correctly invalidate caches in RealmBackedResourceStore).
+                // See https://github.com/realm/realm-dotnet/discussions/2634#discussioncomment-2483573 for further discussion.
+                // This is the best we can do for now.
+                realm.Run(r => r.Refresh());
+
                 // place component
                 placeComponent(new SkinnableSprite
                 {