diff --git a/blog/main.py b/blog/main.py
index 90c59230..bbbbbb1e 100644
--- a/blog/main.py
+++ b/blog/main.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
 from helpers import Item, ItemType, StrapiBlog
 from tqdm.auto import tqdm
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 
 args = None
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ def upload_blog(blog: StrapiBlog):
     else:
         # New blog
         blog.meta_desc = blog.title
+        blog.set_published_at(
+            datetime.now(timezone.utc)
+            .isoformat(timespec="milliseconds")
+            .replace("+00:00", "Z")
+        )
         create_response = session.post(
             base_url, headers=headers, data=json.dumps(blog.get_post_json())
         )