diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
index 60685a1b206..0a1791ca0a7 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/buildNewDashboardSaveModel.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export async function buildNewDashboardSaveModelV2(
     metadata: {
       name: '',
       resourceVersion: '0',
-      creationTimestamp: '0',
+      creationTimestamp: new Date().toISOString(),
       annotations: {
         [AnnoKeyFolder]: '',
       },