diff --git a/src/course-unit/hooks.jsx b/src/course-unit/hooks.jsx
index 889d76b78..b1e6cea33 100644
--- a/src/course-unit/hooks.jsx
+++ b/src/course-unit/hooks.jsx
@@ -213,6 +213,24 @@ export const useCourseUnit = ({ courseId, blockId }) => {
     }
   }, [isMoveModalOpen]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handlePageRefreshUsingStorage = (event) => {
+      // ignoring tests for if block, because it triggers when someone
+      // edits the component using editor which has a separate store
+      /* istanbul ignore next */
+      if (event.key === 'courseRefreshTriggerOnComponentEditSave') {
+        dispatch(fetchCourseSectionVerticalData(blockId, sequenceId));
+        dispatch(fetchCourseVerticalChildrenData(blockId, isSplitTestType));
+        localStorage.removeItem(event.key);
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('storage', handlePageRefreshUsingStorage);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('storage', handlePageRefreshUsingStorage);
+    };
+  }, [blockId, sequenceId, isSplitTestType]);
+
   return {
     sequenceId,
     courseUnit,
diff --git a/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.js b/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.js
index 8da9f24b7..4c5079a5a 100644
--- a/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.js
+++ b/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.js
@@ -125,6 +125,16 @@ export const saveBlock = (content, returnToUnit) => (dispatch) => {
     content,
     onSuccess: (response) => {
       dispatch(actions.app.setSaveResponse(response));
+      const parsedData = JSON.parse(response.config.data);
+      if (parsedData?.has_changes) {
+        const storageKey = 'courseRefreshTriggerOnComponentEditSave';
+        localStorage.setItem(storageKey, Date.now());
+
+        window.dispatchEvent(new StorageEvent('storage', {
+          key: storageKey,
+          newValue: Date.now().toString(),
+        }));
+      }
       returnToUnit(response.data);
     },
   }));
diff --git a/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.test.js b/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.test.js
index 35debc7f3..3f8dc10c9 100644
--- a/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.test.js
+++ b/src/editors/data/redux/thunkActions/app.test.js
@@ -352,7 +352,11 @@ describe('app thunkActions', () => {
     });
     it('dispatches actions.app.setSaveResponse with response and then calls returnToUnit', () => {
       dispatch.mockClear();
-      const response = 'testRESPONSE';
+      const mockParsedData = { has_changes: true };
+      const response = {
+        config: { data: JSON.stringify(mockParsedData) },
+        data: {},
+      };
       calls[1][0].saveBlock.onSuccess(response);
       expect(dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(actions.app.setSaveResponse(response));
       expect(returnToUnit).toHaveBeenCalled();