diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/state/animation/built-in.ts b/src/mol-plugin/state/animation/built-in.ts
index 252c80dea57256aca95bf5fa13080f40eab25277..343272b94ebd13e896fae41af0953b4c26944f2f 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/state/animation/built-in.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/state/animation/built-in.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const AnimateAssemblyUnwind = PluginStateAnimation.create({
 
         if (!changed) return;
 
-        return plugin.runTask(state.updateTree(update));
+        return plugin.runTask(state.updateTree(update, { doNotUpdateCurrent: true }));
     },
     async teardown(_, plugin) {
         const state = plugin.state.dataState;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export const AnimateUnitsExplode = PluginStateAnimation.create({
 
         if (!changed) return;
 
-        return plugin.runTask(state.updateTree(update));
+        return plugin.runTask(state.updateTree(update, { doNotUpdateCurrent: true }));
     },
     async teardown(_, plugin) {
         const state = plugin.state.dataState;