diff --git a/src/openforms/authentication/tasks.py b/src/openforms/authentication/tasks.py
index 7f6182cc35..4c217db68a 100644
--- a/src/openforms/authentication/tasks.py
+++ b/src/openforms/authentication/tasks.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.core.management import call_command
+
 from openforms.celery import app
 
 
@@ -7,3 +9,16 @@ def hash_identifying_attributes(auth_info_id: int):
 
     auth_info = AuthInfo.objects.get(id=auth_info_id)
     auth_info.hash_identifying_attributes()
+
+
+@app.task
+def update_saml_metadata() -> None:
+    """
+    A weekly task for updating the SAML metadata concerning DigiD/Eherkenning
+
+    Calling the command update_stored_metadata which is part of the
+    `digid_eherkenning.management.commands` module of django-digid-eherkenning library.
+    Updates the stored metadata file and prepopulates the db fields.
+    """
+    call_command("update_stored_metadata", "digid")
+    call_command("update_stored_metadata", "eherkenning")
diff --git a/src/openforms/conf/base.py b/src/openforms/conf/base.py
index e6411494aa..3f55c27be5 100644
--- a/src/openforms/conf/base.py
+++ b/src/openforms/conf/base.py
@@ -775,6 +775,10 @@
         "task": "django_yubin.tasks.delete_old_emails",
         "schedule": crontab(hour=0, minute=0, day_of_week="*"),
     },
+    "update-saml-digid-eherkenning": {
+        "task": "openforms.authentication.tasks.update_saml_metadata",
+        "schedule": crontab(hour=0, minute=0, day_of_week="sunday"),
+    },
 }
 
 RETRY_SUBMISSIONS_TIME_LIMIT = config(