diff --git a/packages/client/src/client.ts b/packages/client/src/client.ts
index e981134d..402dc1d7 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/client.ts
@@ -2981,6 +2981,10 @@ export class TelegramClient extends BaseTelegramClient {
     protected _updLock: AsyncLock
     protected _pts: number
     protected _date: number
+    protected _seq: number
+    protected _oldPts: number
+    protected _oldDate: number
+    protected _oldSeq: number
     protected _cpts: Record<number, number>
     protected _cptsMod: Record<number, number>
     constructor(opts: BaseTelegramClient.Options) {
diff --git a/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts b/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
index 8b3a139b..19bcb363 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/methods/updates.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ interface UpdatesState {
     _date: number
     _seq: number
 
+    // old values of the updates statej (i.e. as in DB)
+    // used to avoid redundant storage calls
+    _oldPts: number
+    _oldDate: number
+    _oldSeq: number
+
     _cpts: Record<number, number>
     _cptsMod: Record<number, number>
 }
@@ -70,11 +76,11 @@ export async function _fetchUpdatesState(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
 export async function _loadStorage(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
     // load updates state from the session
     await this.storage.load?.()
-    const state = await this.storage.getCommonPts()
+    const state = await this.storage.getUpdatesState()
     if (state) {
-        this._pts = state[0]
-        this._date = state[1]
-        this._seq = state[2]
+        this._pts = this._oldPts = state[0]
+        this._date = this._oldDate = state[1]
+        this._seq = this._oldSeq = state[2]
     }
     // if no state, don't bother initializing properties
     // since that means that there is no authorization,
@@ -96,7 +102,19 @@ export async function _saveStorage(this: TelegramClient): Promise<void> {
     try {
         // before any authorization pts will be undefined
         if (this._pts !== undefined) {
-            await this.storage.setCommonPts([this._pts, this._date, this._seq])
+            // if old* value is not available, assume it has changed.
+            if (this._oldPts === undefined || this._oldPts !== this._pts)
+                await this.storage.setUpdatesPts(this._pts)
+            if (this._oldDate === undefined || this._oldDate !== this._date)
+                await this.storage.setUpdatesDate(this._date)
+            if (this._oldSeq === undefined || this._oldSeq !== this._seq)
+                await this.storage.setUpdatesSeq(this._seq)
+
+            // update old* values
+            this._oldPts = this._pts
+            this._oldDate = this._date
+            this._oldSeq = this._seq
+
             await this.storage.setManyChannelPts(this._cptsMod)
             this._cptsMod = {}
         }
@@ -426,7 +444,12 @@ export function _handleUpdate(
                         // https://t.me/tdlibchat/5843
                         const nextLocalSeq = this._seq + 1
 
-                        debug('received %s (seq_start=%d, seq_end=%d)', update._, seqStart, update.seq)
+                        debug(
+                            'received %s (seq_start=%d, seq_end=%d)',
+                            update._,
+                            seqStart,
+                            update.seq
+                        )
 
                         if (nextLocalSeq > seqStart)
                             // "the updates were already applied, and must be ignored"
diff --git a/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts b/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
index 7a0a6482..bf11c343 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/storage/abstract.ts
@@ -103,17 +103,28 @@ export interface ITelegramStorage {
     getPeerByPhone(phone: string): MaybeAsync<tl.TypeInputPeer | null>
 
     /**
-     * Get common `pts`, `date` and `seq` values (if available)
+     * Get updates state (if available), represented as a tuple
+     * containing: `pts, date, seq`
      */
-    getCommonPts(): MaybeAsync<[number, number, number] | null>
+    getUpdatesState(): MaybeAsync<[number, number, number] | null>
+
+    /**
+     * Set common `pts` value
+     */
+    setUpdatesPts(val: number): MaybeAsync<void>
+    /**
+     * Set updates `date` value
+     */
+    setUpdatesDate(val: number): MaybeAsync<void>
+    /**
+     * Set updates `seq` value
+     */
+    setUpdatesSeq(val: number): MaybeAsync<void>
+
     /**
      * Get channel `pts` value
      */
     getChannelPts(entityId: number): MaybeAsync<number | null>
-    /**
-     * Set common `pts`, `date` and `seq` values
-     */
-    setCommonPts(val: [number, number, number]): MaybeAsync<void>
     /**
      * Set channels `pts` values in batch.
      * Storage is supposed to replace stored channel `pts` values