diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8f3c3ca1d53..cf4354f3bac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Note that this project **does not** adhere to [Semantic Versioning](http://semve
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- We fixed that sorting of entries in the maintable by special fields is updated immediately [#9334](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9334)
 - We fixed the Cleanup entries dialog is partially visible [#9223](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9223)
 - We fixed the display of the "Customize Entry Types" dialogue title [#9198](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/9198)
 - We fixed an issue where author names with tilde accents (for example ñ) were marked as "Names are not in the standard BibTex format" [#8071](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8071)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/BibEntryTableViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/BibEntryTableViewModel.java
index dcf6240fcea..da8c89c9e70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/BibEntryTableViewModel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/maintable/BibEntryTableViewModel.java
@@ -104,13 +104,24 @@ public ObservableValue<List<AbstractGroup>> getMatchedGroups() {
 
     public ObservableValue<Optional<SpecialFieldValueViewModel>> getSpecialField(SpecialField field) {
         OptionalBinding<SpecialFieldValueViewModel> value = specialFieldValues.get(field);
+        // Fetch possibly updated value from BibEntry entry
+        Optional<String> currentValue = this.entry.getField(field);
         if (value != null) {
-            return value;
+            if (currentValue.isEmpty() && value.getValue().isEmpty()) {
+                var zeroValue = getField(field).flatMapOpt(fieldValue -> field.parseValue("CLEAR_RANK").map(SpecialFieldValueViewModel::new));
+                specialFieldValues.put(field, zeroValue);
+                return zeroValue;
+            } else if (value.getValue().isEmpty() || !value.getValue().get().getValue().getFieldValue().equals(currentValue)) {
+                // specialFieldValues value and BibEntry value differ => Set specialFieldValues value to BibEntry value
+                value = getField(field).flatMapOpt(fieldValue -> field.parseValue(fieldValue).map(SpecialFieldValueViewModel::new));
+                specialFieldValues.put(field, value);
+                return value;
+            }
         } else {
             value = getField(field).flatMapOpt(fieldValue -> field.parseValue(fieldValue).map(SpecialFieldValueViewModel::new));
             specialFieldValues.put(field, value);
-            return value;
         }
+        return value;
     }
 
     public ObservableValue<String> getFields(OrFields fields) {