diff --git a/engine/apps/alerts/tasks/notify_ical_schedule_shift.py b/engine/apps/alerts/tasks/notify_ical_schedule_shift.py
index ce7049b0..9ec0f7e6 100644
--- a/engine/apps/alerts/tasks/notify_ical_schedule_shift.py
+++ b/engine/apps/alerts/tasks/notify_ical_schedule_shift.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ def notify_ical_schedule_shift(schedule_pk):
 
     for prev_ical_file, current_ical_file in prev_and_current_ical_files:
         if prev_ical_file is not None and (
-            current_ical_file is None or not is_icals_equal(current_ical_file, prev_ical_file)
+            current_ical_file is None or not is_icals_equal(current_ical_file, prev_ical_file, schedule)
         ):
             # If icals are not equal then compare current_events from them
             is_prev_ical_diff = True
diff --git a/engine/apps/schedules/ical_utils.py b/engine/apps/schedules/ical_utils.py
index d78b99af..aa9ab809 100644
--- a/engine/apps/schedules/ical_utils.py
+++ b/engine/apps/schedules/ical_utils.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ This is a hack to allow us to load models for type checking without circular dep
 This module likely needs to refactored to be part of the OnCallSchedule module.
 """
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from apps.schedules.models import OnCallSchedule
+    from apps.schedules.models import OnCallSchedule, OnCallScheduleICal  # noqa
     from apps.user_management.models import User
 
 
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ def get_users_from_ical_event(event, organization):
     return users
 
 
-def is_icals_equal(first, second):
+def is_icals_equal_line_by_line(first, second):
     first = first.split("\n")
     second = second.split("\n")
     if len(first) != len(second):
@@ -425,6 +425,30 @@ def is_icals_equal(first, second):
     return True
 
 
+def is_icals_equal(first, second, schedule):
+    from apps.schedules.models import OnCallScheduleICal  # noqa
+
+    if isinstance(schedule, OnCallScheduleICal):
+        first_cal = Calendar.from_ical(first)
+        second_cal = Calendar.from_ical(second)
+        first_subcomponents = first_cal.subcomponents
+        second_subcomponents = second_cal.subcomponents
+        if len(first_subcomponents) != len(second_subcomponents):
+            return False
+        for idx, first_cmp in enumerate(first_cal.subcomponents):
+            second_cmp = second_subcomponents[idx]
+            if first_cmp.name == second_cmp.name == "VEVENT":
+                first_uid, first_seq = first_cmp.get("UID", None), first_cmp.get("SEQUENCE", None)
+                second_uid, second_seq = second_cmp.get("UID", None), second_cmp.get("SEQUENCE", None)
+                if first_uid != second_uid:
+                    return False
+                elif first_seq != second_seq:
+                    return False
+        return True
+    else:
+        return is_icals_equal_line_by_line(first, second)
+
+
 def ical_date_to_datetime(date, tz, start):
     datetime_to_combine = datetime.time.min
     all_day = False
diff --git a/engine/apps/schedules/tasks/refresh_ical_files.py b/engine/apps/schedules/tasks/refresh_ical_files.py
index 5797c668..cad0baee 100644
--- a/engine/apps/schedules/tasks/refresh_ical_files.py
+++ b/engine/apps/schedules/tasks/refresh_ical_files.py
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ def refresh_ical_file(schedule_pk):
             run_task_primary = True
             task_logger.info(f"run_task_primary {schedule_pk} {run_task_primary} prev_ical_file_primary is None")
         else:
-            run_task_primary = not is_icals_equal(schedule.cached_ical_file_primary, schedule.prev_ical_file_primary)
+            run_task_primary = not is_icals_equal(
+                schedule.cached_ical_file_primary, schedule.prev_ical_file_primary, schedule
+            )
             task_logger.info(f"run_task_primary {schedule_pk} {run_task_primary} icals not equal")
     run_task_overrides = False
     if schedule.cached_ical_file_overrides is not None:
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ def refresh_ical_file(schedule_pk):
             task_logger.info(f"run_task_overrides {schedule_pk} {run_task_primary} prev_ical_file_overrides is None")
         else:
             run_task_overrides = not is_icals_equal(
-                schedule.cached_ical_file_overrides, schedule.prev_ical_file_overrides
+                schedule.cached_ical_file_overrides, schedule.prev_ical_file_overrides, schedule
             )
             task_logger.info(f"run_task_overrides {schedule_pk} {run_task_primary} icals not equal")
     run_task = run_task_primary or run_task_overrides