diff --git a/Blacklight/Contents.php b/Blacklight/Contents.php
index 153ebb1ca..355df5328 100755
--- a/Blacklight/Contents.php
+++ b/Blacklight/Contents.php
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ class Contents
                     'contenttype' => $content['contenttype'],
                     'status' => $content['status'],
                     'ordinal' => $content['ordinal'],
+                    'updated_at' => now(),
                 ]
             );
     }
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ class Contents
                     'contenttype' => $content['contenttype'],
                     'status' => $content['status'],
                     'ordinal' => $content['ordinal'],
+                    'created_at' => now(),
+                    'updated_at' => now(),
                 ]
             );
     }
diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_04_10_202844_add_created_at_updated_at_columns.php b/database/migrations/2025_04_10_202844_add_created_at_updated_at_columns.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38fc2dbb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_04_10_202844_add_created_at_updated_at_columns.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+return new class extends Migration
+{
+    /**
+     * Run the migrations.
+     */
+    public function up(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('content', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reverse the migrations.
+     */
+    public function down(): void
+    {
+        Schema::table('content', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->dropTimestamps();
+        });
+    }
+};