diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
index 5297fc77bf..5077e965cd 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/woocommerceHeading.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import App from 'newsletter_editor/App';
 import BaseBlock from 'newsletter_editor/blocks/base';
 
 const BlockModel = BaseBlock.BlockModel.extend({
-  stale: ['styles'],
+  stale: ['styles.backgroundColor'],
   defaults() {
     return this._getDefaults({
       type: 'woocommerceHeading',
diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
index f7e43b5614..b0717ce977 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/components/save.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Module.save = function () {
 
   // Stringify to enable transmission of primitive non-string value types
   if (!_.isUndefined(json.body)) {
-    delete json.body.blockDefaults.woocommerceHeading;
+    delete json.body.blockDefaults.woocommerceHeading.styles.backgroundColor;
     delete json.body.blockDefaults.woocommerceContent;
     json.body = JSON.stringify(json.body);
   }