diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3898cf7991..1cd5b18de0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Fixed a bug where content changes created via `craft\base\Element::EVENT_AFTER_SAVE` weren’t getting saved, when an element was getting fully saved from an unsaved draft state. ([#15369](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/15369))
 - Updated web-auth/webauthn-lib to 4.9. ([#15377](https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/15377))
 
 ## 5.2.8 - 2024-07-17
diff --git a/src/services/Drafts.php b/src/services/Drafts.php
index 16835ffec72..7ed990d4c57 100644
--- a/src/services/Drafts.php
+++ b/src/services/Drafts.php
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public function removeDraftData(ElementInterface $draft): void
         try {
             // no need to propagate or save content here – and it could end up overriding any
             // content changes made to other sites from a previous onAfterPropagate(), etc.
-            if ($draft->hasErrors() || !Craft::$app->getElements()->saveElement($draft, false, false, saveContent: false)) {
+            if ($draft->hasErrors() || !Craft::$app->getElements()->saveElement($draft, false, false)) {
                 throw new InvalidElementException($draft, "Draft $draft->id could not be applied because it doesn't validate.");
             }
             Db::delete(Table::DRAFTS, [