diff --git a/src/events/projectPhases/index.js b/src/events/projectPhases/index.js
index 09e964cb..d9e8c218 100644
--- a/src/events/projectPhases/index.js
+++ b/src/events/projectPhases/index.js
@@ -107,15 +107,14 @@ const projectPhaseAddedHandler = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, msg, chann
 });
 
 /**
- * Handler for project phase updated event
+ * Indexes the project phase in the elastic search.
+ *
  * @param  {Object} logger  logger to log along with trace id
- * @param  {Object} msg     event payload
- * @param  {Object} channel channel to ack, nack
+ * @param  {Object} data     event payload
  * @returns {undefined}
  */
-const projectPhaseUpdatedHandler = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, msg, channel) { // eslint-disable-line func-names
+const updateIndexProjectPhase = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, data) { // eslint-disable-line func-names
   try {
-    const data = JSON.parse(msg.content.toString());
     const doc = yield eClient.get({ index: ES_PROJECT_INDEX, type: ES_PROJECT_TYPE, id: data.original.projectId });
     const phases = _.map(data.allPhases, single => _.omit(single, ['deletedAt', 'deletedBy']));
     const merged = _.assign(doc._source, { phases }); // eslint-disable-line no-underscore-dangle
@@ -127,7 +126,59 @@ const projectPhaseUpdatedHandler = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, msg, cha
         doc: merged,
       },
     });
-    logger.debug('elasticsearch index updated, project phase updated successfully');
+    logger.debug('project phase updated to project document successfully');
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error handling indexing the project phase', error);
+    // throw the error back to nack the bus
+    throw error;
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new phase topic in message api.
+ *
+ * @param  {Object} logger  logger to log along with trace id
+ * @param  {Object} msg     event payload
+ * @returns {undefined}
+ */
+const updatePhaseTopic = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, phase) { // eslint-disable-line func-names
+  try {
+    logger.debug('Updating topic for phase with phase', phase);
+    const topic = yield messageService.getPhaseTopic(phase.projectId, phase.id, logger);
+    logger.trace('Topic', topic);
+    const title = phase.name;
+    const titleChanged = topic && topic.title !== title;
+    logger.trace('titleChanged', titleChanged);
+    const contentPost = topic && topic.posts && topic.posts.length > 0 ? topic.posts[0] : null;
+    logger.trace('contentPost', contentPost);
+    const postId = _.get(contentPost, 'id');
+    const content = _.get(contentPost, 'body');
+    if (postId && content && titleChanged) {
+      const updatedTopic = yield messageService.updateTopic(topic.id, { title, postId, content }, logger);
+      logger.debug('topic for the phase updated successfully');
+      logger.trace('updated topic', updatedTopic);
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error('Error in updating topic for the project phase', error);
+    // don't throw the error back to nack the bus, because we don't want to get multiple topics per phase
+    // we can create topic for a phase manually, if somehow it fails
+  }
+});
+
+/**
+ * Handler for project phase updated event
+ * @param  {Object} logger  logger to log along with trace id
+ * @param  {Object} msg     event payload
+ * @param  {Object} channel channel to ack, nack
+ * @returns {undefined}
+ */
+const projectPhaseUpdatedHandler = Promise.coroutine(function* (logger, msg, channel) { // eslint-disable-line func-names
+  try {
+    const data = JSON.parse(msg.content.toString());
+    logger.debug('calling updateIndexProjectPhase', data);
+    yield updateIndexProjectPhase(logger, data, channel);
+    logger.debug('calling updatePhaseTopic', data.updated);
+    yield updatePhaseTopic(logger, data.updated);
     channel.ack(msg);
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error('Error handling project.phase.updated event', error);
diff --git a/src/services/messageService.js b/src/services/messageService.js
index d7e0f678..4ea5f04b 100644
--- a/src/services/messageService.js
+++ b/src/services/messageService.js
@@ -87,6 +87,35 @@ function createTopic(topic, logger) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Updates the given topic in message api
+ *
+ * @param {Number} topicId id of the topic to be updated
+ * @param {Object} topic the topic, should be a JSON object
+ * @param {Object} logger object
+ * @return {Promise} new topic promise
+ */
+function updateTopic(topicId, topic, logger) {
+  logger.debug(`updateTopic for topic: ${JSON.stringify(topic)}`);
+  return getClient(logger).then((msgClient) => {
+    logger.debug('calling message service');
+    return msgClient.post(`/topics/${topicId}/edit`, topic)
+      .then((resp) => {
+        logger.debug('Topic updated successfully');
+        logger.debug(`Topic updated successfully [status]: ${resp.status}`);
+        logger.debug(`Topic updated successfully [data]: ${resp.data}`);
+        return _.get(resp.data, 'result.content', {});
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        logger.debug('Error updating topic');
+        logger.error(error);
+         // eslint-disable-line
+      });
+  }).catch((errMessage) => {
+    logger.debug(errMessage);
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * Deletes the given posts for the given topic.
  *
@@ -121,12 +150,13 @@ function deletePosts(topicId, postIds, logger) {
  * @return {Promise} topic promise
  */
 function getPhaseTopic(projectId, phaseId, logger) {
-  logger.debug(`getPhaseTopic for phaseId: ${phaseId}`);
+  logger.debug(`getPhaseTopic for projectId: ${projectId} phaseId: ${phaseId}`);
   return getClient(logger).then((msgClient) => {
     logger.debug(`calling message service for fetching phaseId#${phaseId}`);
-    return msgClient.get('/topics/list', {
-      params: { filter: `reference=project&referenceId=${projectId}&tag=phase#${phaseId}` },
-    }).then((resp) => {
+    const encodedFilter = encodeURIComponent(`reference=project&referenceId=${projectId}&tag=phase#${phaseId}`);
+    return msgClient.get(`/topics/list/db?filter=${encodedFilter}`)
+    .then((resp) => {
+      logger.debug('Fetched phase topic', resp);
       const topics = _.get(resp.data, 'result.content', []);
       if (topics && topics.length > 0) {
         return topics[0];
@@ -153,6 +183,7 @@ function deleteTopic(topicId, logger) {
 
 module.exports = {
   createTopic,
+  updateTopic,
   deletePosts,
   getPhaseTopic,
   deleteTopic,