diff --git a/Koha/Items.pm b/Koha/Items.pm
index 1900a40a0f..90b178a1ce 100644
--- a/Koha/Items.pm
+++ b/Koha/Items.pm
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ sub batch_update {
             my $indexer = Koha::SearchEngine::Indexer->new(
                 { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::BIBLIOS_INDEX } );
 
-            $indexer->update_index( \@biblionumbers );
+            $indexer->index_records( \@biblionumbers, 'specialUpdate',
+                "biblioserver", undef );
         }
     }