diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index a10a8c8851f..b35ec7b11db 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ Bug fixes
   Haacker <https://github.com/j-haacker>`_.
 - Fix ``isel`` for multi-coordinate Xarray indexes (:issue:`10063`, :pull:`10066`).
   By `Benoit Bovy <https://github.com/benbovy>`_.
-
+- Always merge coordinates with "no_conflicts" to fix missing attributes after apply_ufunc
+  operations (:issue:`9317`). By `Jasper de Jong <https://github.com/JdeJong96>`_.
 
 Documentation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/xarray/core/computation.py b/xarray/core/computation.py
index 29de030ac5f..761455caa36 100644
--- a/xarray/core/computation.py
+++ b/xarray/core/computation.py
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ def apply_dataarray_vfunc(
         first_obj = _first_of_type(args, DataArray)
         name = first_obj.name
     result_coords, result_indexes = build_output_coords_and_indexes(
-        args, signature, exclude_dims, combine_attrs=keep_attrs
+        args, signature, exclude_dims, combine_attrs="no_conflicts"
     )
 
     data_vars = [getattr(a, "variable", a) for a in args]
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ def apply_dataset_vfunc(
         )
 
     list_of_coords, list_of_indexes = build_output_coords_and_indexes(
-        args, signature, exclude_dims, combine_attrs=keep_attrs
+        args, signature, exclude_dims, combine_attrs="no_conflicts"
     )
     args = tuple(getattr(arg, "data_vars", arg) for arg in args)
 
diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_computation.py b/xarray/tests/test_computation.py
index 1d80d874df0..864b65ff6b7 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_computation.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_computation.py
@@ -691,6 +691,12 @@ def test_broadcast_compat_data_2d() -> None:
     )
 
 
+def test_keep_coordattrs() -> None:
+    a = xr.DataArray([0, 1], [("x", [0, 1], {"a": "b"})])
+    actual = apply_ufunc(operator.abs, a)
+    assert actual.x.attrs == a.x.attrs
+
+
 def test_keep_attrs() -> None:
     def add(a, b, keep_attrs):
         if keep_attrs: