diff --git a/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java b/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
index f4e96bbd7a8366..dd0aca5923e74a 100644
--- a/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
+++ b/fe/fe-common/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/common/Config.java
@@ -2033,6 +2033,12 @@ public class Config extends ConfigBase {
     @ConfField(mutable = true, masterOnly = true)
     public static long max_backend_heartbeat_failure_tolerance_count = 1;
 
+    /**
+     * Even if a backend is healthy, still write a heartbeat editlog to update backend's lastUpdateMs of bdb image.
+     */
+    @ConfField(mutable = true, masterOnly = true)
+    public static int editlog_healthy_heartbeat_seconds = 300;
+
     /**
      * Abort transaction time after lost heartbeat.
      * The default value is 300s, which means transactions of be will be aborted after lost heartbeat 300s.
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/Backend.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/Backend.java
index da55ecee0de603..974c0e0cae13a7 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/Backend.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/Backend.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutput;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ public class Backend implements Writable {
     // send some queries to this BE, it is not an important problem.
     private AtomicBoolean isShutDown = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
+    private long nextForceEditlogHeartbeatTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + (new SecureRandom()).nextInt(60 * 1000);
+
     public Backend() {
         this.host = "";
         this.version = "";
@@ -876,7 +879,18 @@ public boolean handleHbResponse(BackendHbResponse hbResponse, boolean isReplay)
 
             heartbeatErrMsg = "";
             this.heartbeatFailureCounter = 0;
+
+            // even if no change, write an editlog to make lastUpdateMs in image update
+            if (System.currentTimeMillis() >= this.nextForceEditlogHeartbeatTime) {
+                isChanged = true;
+                int delaySecond = Config.editlog_healthy_heartbeat_seconds + (new SecureRandom()).nextInt(60);
+                this.nextForceEditlogHeartbeatTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + delaySecond * 1000L;
+            }
         } else {
+            // for a bad BackendHbResponse, its hbTime is last succ hbTime, not this hbTime
+            if (hbResponse.getHbTime() > 0) {
+                this.lastUpdateMs = hbResponse.getHbTime();
+            }
             // Only set backend to dead if the heartbeat failure counter exceed threshold.
             // And if it is a replay process, must set backend to dead.
             if (isReplay || ++this.heartbeatFailureCounter >= Config.max_backend_heartbeat_failure_tolerance_count) {
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/BackendHbResponse.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/BackendHbResponse.java
index a0311a9b737847..479966d2ff3c8c 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/BackendHbResponse.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/BackendHbResponse.java
@@ -98,18 +98,12 @@ public BackendHbResponse(long beId, int bePort, int httpPort, int brpcPort, long
         this.beMemory = beMemory;
     }
 
-    public BackendHbResponse(long beId, String errMsg) {
-        super(HeartbeatResponse.Type.BACKEND);
-        this.status = HbStatus.BAD;
-        this.beId = beId;
-        this.msg = errMsg;
-    }
-
-    public BackendHbResponse(long beId, String host, String errMsg) {
+    public BackendHbResponse(long beId, String host, long lastHbTime, String errMsg) {
         super(HeartbeatResponse.Type.BACKEND);
         this.status = HbStatus.BAD;
         this.beId = beId;
         this.host = host;
+        this.hbTime = lastHbTime;
         this.msg = errMsg;
     }
 
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatMgr.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatMgr.java
index 3fc09b31f2d312..89f55239f7fb56 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatMgr.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatMgr.java
@@ -315,13 +315,13 @@ public HeartbeatResponse call() {
                             System.currentTimeMillis(), beStartTime, version, nodeRole,
                             fragmentNum, lastFragmentUpdateTime, isShutDown, arrowFlightSqlPort, beMemory);
                 } else {
-                    return new BackendHbResponse(backendId, backend.getHost(),
+                    return new BackendHbResponse(backendId, backend.getHost(), backend.getLastUpdateMs(),
                             result.getStatus().getErrorMsgs().isEmpty()
                                     ? "Unknown error" : result.getStatus().getErrorMsgs().get(0));
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 LOG.warn("backend heartbeat got exception", e);
-                return new BackendHbResponse(backendId, backend.getHost(),
+                return new BackendHbResponse(backendId, backend.getHost(), backend.getLastUpdateMs(),
                         Strings.isNullOrEmpty(e.getMessage()) ? "got exception" : e.getMessage());
             } finally {
                 if (client != null) {
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatResponse.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatResponse.java
index 447ffad81899aa..3fffd1214503d5 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatResponse.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/system/HeartbeatResponse.java
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ public enum HbStatus {
     protected boolean isTypeRead = false;
 
     /**
-     * msg and hbTime are no need to be synchronized to other Frontends,
+     * msg no need to be synchronized to other Frontends,
      * and only Master Frontend has these info
      */
     protected String msg;
+
+    @SerializedName(value = "hbTime")
     protected long hbTime;
 
     public HeartbeatResponse(Type type) {