diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/data/dao/BookChapterDao.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/data/dao/BookChapterDao.kt
index e5a47eb3d..87336219b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/data/dao/BookChapterDao.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/data/dao/BookChapterDao.kt
@@ -40,4 +40,7 @@ interface BookChapterDao {
     @Query("delete from chapters where bookUrl = :bookUrl")
     fun delByBook(bookUrl: String)
 
+    @Query("update chapters set wordCount = :wordCount where bookUrl = :bookUrl and url = :url")
+    fun upWordCount(bookUrl: String, url: String, wordCount: String)
+
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/help/book/BookHelp.kt b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/help/book/BookHelp.kt
index 2aac3e1f3..95b918319 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/help/book/BookHelp.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/io/legado/app/help/book/BookHelp.kt
@@ -185,8 +185,9 @@ object BookHelp {
             bookChapter.getFileName(),
         ).writeText(content)
         if (book.isOnLineTxt && AppConfig.tocCountWords) {
-            bookChapter.wordCount = StringUtils.wordCountFormat(content.length)
-            appDb.bookChapterDao.update(bookChapter)
+            val wordCount = StringUtils.wordCountFormat(content.length)
+            bookChapter.wordCount = wordCount
+            appDb.bookChapterDao.upWordCount(bookChapter.bookUrl, bookChapter.url, wordCount)
         }
     }