diff --git a/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md b/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
index 101486b..785e868 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/geoportal-service/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.htm
 
 ## [v1.0.9] 2021-09-20
 - Fixes [#23381](https://support.d4science.org/issues/23381)
+- Fixes [#23485](https://support.d4science.org/issues/23485)
+
 
 
 ## [v1.0.8] 2021-09-20
diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ConcessioniMongoManager.java b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ConcessioniMongoManager.java
index 7c33f74..fa8f72e 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ConcessioniMongoManager.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ConcessioniMongoManager.java
@@ -203,8 +203,16 @@ public class ConcessioniMongoManager extends MongoManager{
 	}
 
 	public Concessione publish(String id) throws IOException{
+
 		Concessione toReturn=asConcessione(getDocById(asId(id)));
+
+		// unpublish if published
+
 		toReturn=onUpdate(toReturn);
+		// try unpublish
+		toReturn = unpublish(toReturn);
+
+
 		toReturn.validate();
 
 		// MATERIALIZE LAYERS