diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index dcf2c76..402669c 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 https://github.com/josdejong/jsoneditor
 
+## not yet published, version 8.6.3
+
+- Fix #932: `JSONEditor.update` broken, did not always recognize when the 
+  input changed. Regression introduced in `v8.6.2`. 
+
+
 ## 2020-03-18, version 8.6.2
 
 - Fixed #917, #926: Keep order of properties when updating an object.  
diff --git a/src/js/Node.js b/src/js/Node.js
index 6ac27c8..e0278e6 100644
--- a/src/js/Node.js
+++ b/src/js/Node.js
@@ -1496,7 +1496,8 @@ export class Node {
         return false
       }
       for (i = 0; i < props.length; i++) {
-        if (this.childs[i].field !== props[i]) {
+        const child = this.childs[i]
+        if (child.field !== props[i] || !child.deepEqual(json[child.field])) {
           return false
         }
       }