diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0dbd4e463f..83baf27872 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
     Bug #7450: Evading obstacles does not work for actors missing certain animations
     Bug #7459: Icons get stacked on the cursor when picking up multiple items simultaneously
     Bug #7472: Crash when enchanting last projectiles
+    Bug #7475: Equipping a constant effect item doesn't update the magic menu
     Bug #7502: Data directories dialog (0.48.0) forces adding subdirectory instead of intended directory
     Bug #7505: Distant terrain does not support sample size greater than cell size
     Bug #7553: Faction reaction loading is incorrect
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/activespells.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/activespells.cpp
index 727bf95ed0..d8e409d9e2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/activespells.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/activespells.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ namespace MWMechanics
                 mSpells.emplace_back(ActiveSpellParams{ spell, ptr });
         }
 
+        bool updateSpellWindow = false;
         if (ptr.getClass().hasInventoryStore(ptr)
             && !(creatureStats.isDead() && !creatureStats.isDeathAnimationFinished()))
         {
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ namespace MWMechanics
                     for (const auto& effect : params.mEffects)
                         MWMechanics::playEffects(
                             ptr, *world->getStore().get<ESM::MagicEffect>().find(effect.mEffectId), playNonLooping);
+                    updateSpellWindow = true;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ namespace MWMechanics
                 for (const auto& effect : params.mEffects)
                     onMagicEffectRemoved(ptr, params, effect);
                 applyPurges(ptr, &spellIt);
+                updateSpellWindow = true;
                 continue;
             }
             ++spellIt;
@@ -377,6 +380,14 @@ namespace MWMechanics
             if (creatureStats.getMagicEffects().getOrDefault(effect).getMagnitude() > 0.f)
                 creatureStats.getAiSequence().stopCombat();
         }
+
+        if (ptr == player && updateSpellWindow)
+        {
+            // Something happened with the spell list -- possibly while the game is paused,
+            // so we want to make the spell window get the memo.
+            // We don't normally want to do this, so this targets constant enchantments.
+            MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->updateSpellWindow();
+        }
     }
 
     void ActiveSpells::addToSpells(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, const ActiveSpellParams& spell)