diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/components/Header.jsx b/frontend/src/metabase/components/Header.jsx
index e097f45daf5990f1871797301514c6603e82f8df..d4060974d33201c7ec08a8b23e533abb38f516cd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/components/Header.jsx
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default class Header extends Component {
     this.updateHeaderHeight();
   }
 
-  componentWillUpdate() {
+  componentDidUpdate() {
     const modalIsOpen = !!this.props.headerModalMessage;
     if (modalIsOpen) {
       this.updateHeaderHeight();