diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f01ec3c..3ca5f35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - `ElasticsearchService::getItemById()` always returned null because it compared the hit total against an integer while Elasticsearch returns an object
 - Deleting an entity together with its `LoggableChildInterface` children crashed the update handler: the child's delete log triggers an update log for the parent, whose identifier Doctrine has already cleared; such updates are now skipped
+- `ElasticsearchService::bulkCreate()` now refreshes the index like `createItem()` and `updateItem()` already do; previously, current data trackers written by the populate command were not immediately searchable, so updates arriving right after population were silently dropped
 
 ## [1.2.0] - 2026-07-02
 
diff --git a/src/Bridge/Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchService.php b/src/Bridge/Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchService.php
index 50d3737..bc54084 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchService.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/Elasticsearch/ElasticsearchService.php
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public function bulkCreate(array $items, string $index, array $groups = []): voi
         $request = [
             'index' => $index,
             'body' => $params,
+            'refresh' => 'true',
         ];
 
         $this->elasticsearchClient->getClient()->bulk($request);