diff --git a/pkg/steward/steward.go b/pkg/steward/steward.go
index 463d389814e..af87b97a51e 100644
--- a/pkg/steward/steward.go
+++ b/pkg/steward/steward.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/file/redundancy"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/postage"
+	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/replicas"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/retrieval"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storage"
 	"github.com/ethersphere/bee/v2/pkg/storer"
@@ -77,6 +78,20 @@ func (s *steward) Reupload(ctx context.Context, root swarm.Address, stamper post
 		)
 	}
 
+	if rLevel != redundancy.NONE {
+		rootChunk, err := replicas.NewGetter(getter, rLevel).Get(ctx, root)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("get root chunk for dispersed replicas: %w", err), uploaderSession.Cleanup())
+		}
+		stamp, err := stamper.Stamp(rootChunk.Address(), rootChunk.Address())
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("stamping root chunk for dispersed replicas: %w", err), uploaderSession.Cleanup())
+		}
+		if err := replicas.NewPutter(uploaderSession, rLevel).Put(ctx, rootChunk.WithStamp(stamp)); err != nil {
+			return errors.Join(fmt.Errorf("re-uploading dispersed replicas: %w", err), uploaderSession.Cleanup())
+		}
+	}
+
 	return uploaderSession.Done(root)
 }