diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/getColumnPropsFromUIDT.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/getColumnPropsFromUIDT.ts
index 5a3568e0a4..677904d1b1 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/getColumnPropsFromUIDT.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/helpers/getColumnPropsFromUIDT.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export default async function getColumnPropsFromUIDT(
 
   const finalColumnMeta = { ...newColumn, ...column };
 
-  if (finalColumnMeta.uidt === UITypes.CreatedTime) {
+  if (finalColumnMeta.uidt === UITypes.CreatedTime && !('column_name' in finalColumnMeta)) {
     finalColumnMeta.column_name = 'created_at';
-  } else if (finalColumnMeta.uidt === UITypes.LastModifiedTime) {
+  } else if (finalColumnMeta.uidt === UITypes.LastModifiedTime && !('column_name' in finalColumnMeta)) {
     finalColumnMeta.column_name = 'updated_at';
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncXcdbCreatedAndUpdatedTimeUpgrader.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncXcdbCreatedAndUpdatedTimeUpgrader.ts
index 6a3fb9b04e..07fc210837 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncXcdbCreatedAndUpdatedTimeUpgrader.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncXcdbCreatedAndUpdatedTimeUpgrader.ts
@@ -108,11 +108,11 @@ async function upgradeModels({
             ...(await getColumnPropsFromUIDT(
               {
                 uidt: UITypes.CreatedTime,
-                column_name: getUniqueColumnName(columns, 'created_at'),
-                title: getUniqueColumnAliasName(columns, 'Created At'),
               },
               source,
             )),
+            column_name: getUniqueColumnName(columns, 'created_at'),
+            title: getUniqueColumnAliasName(columns, 'Created At'),
             system: true,
             altered: Altered.NEW_COLUMN,
           });
@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@ async function upgradeModels({
             ...(await getColumnPropsFromUIDT(
               {
                 uidt: UITypes.LastModifiedTime,
-                column_name: getUniqueColumnName(columns, 'updated_at'),
-                title: getUniqueColumnAliasName(columns, 'Updated At'),
                 cdf: null,
               },
               source,
             )),
+            column_name: getUniqueColumnName(columns, 'updated_at'),
+            title: getUniqueColumnAliasName(columns, 'Updated At'),
             system: true,
             altered: Altered.NEW_COLUMN,
           });