diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-persistence.yml b/.github/workflows/test-persistence.yml
index e8514efed..582df4fe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-persistence.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-persistence.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   # Checks for changes to the modules/persistence directory
   changes:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # locking to ubuntu 22.04 to allow mongodb-memory-server to run
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       persistence: ${{ steps.filter.outputs.persistence }}
     steps:
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: 'modules/persistence'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # locking to ubuntu 22.04 to allow mongodb-memory-server to run
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
diff --git a/modules/persistence/src/services/pages/index.ts b/modules/persistence/src/services/pages/index.ts
index 0b81529ec..a1db8de6e 100644
--- a/modules/persistence/src/services/pages/index.ts
+++ b/modules/persistence/src/services/pages/index.ts
@@ -17,12 +17,20 @@ interface PageAst {
   [key: string]: any;
 }
 
+interface Facet {
+  category: string;
+  value: string;
+  display_name: string;
+  sub_facets?: { [key: string]: any }[];
+}
+
 export interface Page {
   page_id: string;
   filename: string;
   ast: PageAst;
   static_assets: UpdatedAsset[];
   github_username: string;
+  facets?: Facet[];
 }
 
 export interface UpdatedPage extends Page {
@@ -35,6 +43,7 @@ interface PreviousPageMapping {
   [key: string]: {
     ast: PageAst;
     static_assets: StaticAsset[];
+    facets?: Facet[];
   };
 }
 
@@ -75,6 +84,7 @@ const findPrevPageDocs = async (pageIdPrefix: string, collection: string, github
     page_id: 1,
     ast: 1,
     static_assets: 1,
+    facets: 1,
   };
 
   try {
@@ -96,6 +106,7 @@ const createPageAstMapping = async (docsCursor: FindCursor) => {
     mapping[doc.page_id] = {
       ast: doc.ast,
       static_assets: doc.static_assets,
+      facets: doc.facets,
     };
     pageIds.add(doc.page_id);
   }
@@ -148,7 +159,7 @@ class UpdatedPagesManager {
 
       // Update the document if page's current AST is different from previous build's.
       // New pages should always count as having a "different" AST
-      if (!isEqual(page.ast, prevPageData?.ast)) {
+      if (!isEqual(page.ast, prevPageData?.ast) || !isEqual(page.facets, prevPageData?.facets)) {
         const operation = {
           updateOne: {
             filter: { page_id: currentPageId, github_username: page.github_username },
@@ -162,6 +173,7 @@ class UpdatedPagesManager {
                 deleted: false,
                 // Track the last build ID to update the content
                 build_id: this.buildId,
+                facets: page.facets,
               },
               $setOnInsert: {
                 created_at: this.updateTime,
diff --git a/modules/persistence/tests/services/pages.test.ts b/modules/persistence/tests/services/pages.test.ts
index 03b059f2f..2bf6ca20e 100644
--- a/modules/persistence/tests/services/pages.test.ts
+++ b/modules/persistence/tests/services/pages.test.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,49 @@ describe('pages module', () => {
       expect(res[0].updated_at !== res[1].updated_at).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
+    it('should update pages with modified facets', async () => {
+      const pagePrefix = generatePagePrefix();
+      const pages = generatePages(pagePrefix);
+      await _updatePages(pages, collection, GH_USER, new ObjectID());
+      // Applying facet updates to both pages
+      const updatedPages = generatePages(pagePrefix);
+      updatedPages[0].facets = [
+        {
+          category: 'target_product',
+          value: 'atlas',
+          display_name: 'Atlas',
+        },
+      ];
+      updatedPages[1].facets = [
+        {
+          category: 'target_product',
+          value: 'atlas',
+          display_name: 'Atlas',
+          sub_facets: [{ category: 'sub_product', value: 'kubernetes-operator', display_name: 'Kubernetes Operator' }],
+        },
+      ];
+
+      const findQuery = {
+        page_id: { $regex: new RegExp(`^${pagePrefix}`) },
+      };
+      await _updatePages(updatedPages, collection, GH_USER, new ObjectID());
+      const res = await mockDb.collection<UpdatedPage>(collection).find(findQuery).toArray();
+      expect(res).toHaveLength(2);
+      expect(res.every(({ facets }) => facets && facets.length)).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(res[1]).toHaveProperty('facets[0].sub_facets[0].value');
+
+      // removal of facet also propagates to update
+      const removedFacetUpdates = generatePages(pagePrefix).slice(0, 1);
+      delete removedFacetUpdates[0].facets;
+
+      await _updatePages(removedFacetUpdates, collection, GH_USER, new ObjectID());
+      const findRemovalQuery = {
+        page_id: { $regex: new RegExp(`^${pagePrefix}/page0.txt`) },
+      };
+      const removeFacetRes = await mockDb.collection<UpdatedPage>(collection).find(findRemovalQuery).toArray();
+      expect(removeFacetRes[0].facets).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('should mark pages for deletion', async () => {
       const pagePrefix = generatePagePrefix();
       const pages = generatePages(pagePrefix);