diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.pm
index 9ab9c18727..963f68287e 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.pm
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ sub process {
     my $statistic   = $args->{statistic};
     my $stat_object = Koha::Statistic->new($statistic);
     Koha::PseudonymizedTransaction->create_from_statistic($stat_object);
+    $self->progress(1)
+        ;    #We could use step here, but we are going to save the object during finish and this saves a DB write
     $self->finish( { data => "" } );    # We want to clear the job data to avoid storing patron information
 
 }
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.t b/t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.t
index 9e430df3f2..fa01405913 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Koha/BackgroundJob/PseudonymizeStatistic.t
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ subtest 'enqueue() tests' => sub {
 
 subtest 'process() tests' => sub {
 
-    plan tests => 3;
+    plan tests => 4;
 
     $schema->storage->txn_begin;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ subtest 'process() tests' => sub {
     is( $statistic->{datetime}, $pt_after->last->datetime, "'datetime' column preserved" );
 
     $job->discard_changes;
-    is( $job->data, '{"data":""}', "Job data cleared after pseudonymization" );
+    is( $job->data,     '{"data":""}', "Job data cleared after pseudonymization" );
+    is( $job->progress, 1,             "Job progress is updated" );
 
     $schema->storage->txn_rollback;
 };