diff --git a/src/tasks.rs b/src/tasks.rs
index 0157c0e..dc6e62c 100644
--- a/src/tasks.rs
+++ b/src/tasks.rs
@@ -894,8 +894,10 @@ impl TasksRelay {
         self.state = state;
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn move_up(&mut self) {
-        self.move_to(self.get_current_task().and_then(|t| t.parent_id()).cloned());
+    pub(crate) fn move_up(&mut self) -> Option<EventId> {
+        let parent = self.get_current_task().and_then(|t| t.parent_id()).cloned();
+        self.move_to(parent);
+        parent
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn flush(&self) {
@@ -1093,10 +1095,10 @@ impl TasksRelay {
     /// Returns true if successful, false if there is no current task
     pub(crate) fn make_dependent_sibling(&mut self, input: &str) -> bool {
         if let Some(pos) = self.get_position() {
-            self.move_up();
+            let parent = self.move_up();
             self.make_task_with(
                 input,
-                self.get_position()
+                parent
                     .map(|par| self.make_event_tag_from_id(par, MARKER_PARENT))
                     .into_iter()
                     .chain(once(self.make_event_tag_from_id(pos, MARKER_DEPENDS))),
diff --git a/src/tasks/tests.rs b/src/tasks/tests.rs
index 05b67ce..6ed0f34 100644
--- a/src/tasks/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tasks/tests.rs
@@ -193,11 +193,13 @@ fn test_sibling_dependency() {
     );
     assert_tasks_view!(tasks, [parent]);
     tasks.track_at(Timestamp::now(), Some(sub));
+    tasks.update_position();
     assert_eq!(tasks.get_own_events_history().count(), 1);
     assert_tasks_view!(tasks, []);
 
     tasks.make_dependent_sibling("sibling");
     assert_eq!(tasks.len(), 3);
+    tasks.update_position();
     assert_eq!(tasks.viewed_tasks().len(), 2);
 }