diff --git a/admin/roles/classes/define_role_table_advanced.php b/admin/roles/classes/define_role_table_advanced.php
index 06f565d59a5..d18c144402d 100644
--- a/admin/roles/classes/define_role_table_advanced.php
+++ b/admin/roles/classes/define_role_table_advanced.php
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ class core_role_define_role_table_advanced extends core_role_capability_table_wi
         } else {
             // Updating role.
             $DB->update_record('role', $this->role);
+
+            // This will ensure the course contacts cache is purged so name changes get updated in
+            // the UI. It would be better to do this only when we know that fields affected are
+            // updated. But thats getting into the weeds of the coursecat cache and role edits
+            // should not be that frequent, so here is the ugly brutal approach.
+            coursecat::role_assignment_changed($this->role->id, context_system::instance());
         }
 
         // Assignable contexts.
diff --git a/course/lib.php b/course/lib.php
index bee61328d7a..21c44813573 100644
--- a/course/lib.php
+++ b/course/lib.php
@@ -2519,6 +2519,8 @@ function save_local_role_names($courseid, $data) {
             $rolename->name = $value;
             $DB->insert_record('role_names', $rolename);
         }
+        // This will ensure the course contacts cache is purged..
+        coursecat::role_assignment_changed($roleid, $context);
     }
 }