diff --git a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderBuildPreprocessor.cs b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderBuildPreprocessor.cs
index 73cbcbdb5c5..8a8f0088e9f 100644
--- a/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderBuildPreprocessor.cs
+++ b/Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/ShaderBuildPreprocessor.cs
@@ -378,8 +378,9 @@ private static void GetEveryShaderFeatureAndUpdateURPAssets(List<ShaderFeatures>
                     // Update the Prefiltering settings for this URP asset
                     urpAsset.UpdateShaderKeywordPrefiltering(ref spd);
 
-                    // Mark the asset dirty so it can be serialized once the build is finished
+                    // Save the asset before build
                     EditorUtility.SetDirty(urpAsset);
+                    AssetDatabase.SaveAssetIfDirty(urpAsset);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -436,8 +437,9 @@ ref ssaoRendererFeatures
                 // Update the Prefiltering settings for this URP asset
                 urpAsset.UpdateShaderKeywordPrefiltering(ref spd);
 
-                // Mark the asset dirty so it can be serialized once the build is finished
+                // Save the asset before build
                 EditorUtility.SetDirty(urpAsset);
+                AssetDatabase.SaveAssetIfDirty(urpAsset);
 
                 // Clean up
                 ssaoRendererFeatures.Clear();