diff --git a/warehouse/locale/messages.pot b/warehouse/locale/messages.pot
index bd2254629b74..362827d8dfca 100644
--- a/warehouse/locale/messages.pot
+++ b/warehouse/locale/messages.pot
@@ -305,10 +305,10 @@ msgstr ""
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account/webauthn-provision.html:53
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account/webauthn-provision.html:74
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:119
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:175
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:140
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:173
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:314
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:200
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:169
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:207
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:324
 #: warehouse/templates/pages/classifiers.html:25
 #: warehouse/templates/pages/help.html:20
 #: warehouse/templates/pages/help.html:204
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:568
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:58
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:346
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:356
 msgid "None"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2182,8 +2182,8 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:656
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:671
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:69
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:76
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:74
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:81
 msgid "Token name:"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2230,21 +2230,21 @@ msgid "Recent account activity"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:694
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:88
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:93
 msgid "Event"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:695
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:703
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:89
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:98
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:94
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:103
 msgid "Date / time"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:696
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/account.html:707
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:90
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:102
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:95
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/history.html:107
 msgid "IP address"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2580,8 +2580,8 @@ msgid "This project has no releases"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/projects.html:104
-#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:94
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:356
+#: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:100
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:366
 msgid "View"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2624,8 +2624,8 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:37
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:48
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:320
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:331
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:330
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:341
 msgid "Filename, size"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2636,15 +2636,15 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:39
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:57
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:322
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:342
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:332
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:352
 msgid "Python version"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:40
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/release.html:61
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:323
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:350
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:333
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:360
 msgid "Upload date"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@ msgid "No releases found"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: warehouse/templates/manage/releases.html:207
- #, python-format
+#, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Learn how to create a new release on the <a href=\"%(href)s\" "
 "title=\"%(title)s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Python Packaging "
@@ -3529,79 +3529,79 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Navigation"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:170
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:202
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:180
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:212
 #, python-format
 msgid "Navigation for %(project)s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:173
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:205
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:183
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:215
 msgid "Project description. Focus will be moved to the description."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:175
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:207
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:235
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:185
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:217
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:245
 msgid "Project description"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:179
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:217
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:189
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:227
 msgid "Release history. Focus will be moved to the history panel."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:181
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:219
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:257
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:191
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:229
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:267
 msgid "Release history"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:186
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:224
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:196
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:234
 msgid "Download files. Focus will be moved to the project files."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:188
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:226
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:313
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:198
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:236
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:323
 msgid "Download files"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:211
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:221
 msgid "Project details. Focus will be moved to the project details."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:213
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:249
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:223
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:259
 msgid "Project details"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:242
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:252
 msgid "The author of this package has not provided a project description"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:259
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:269
 msgid "Release notifications"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:260
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:270
 msgid "RSS feed"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:272
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:282
 msgid "This version"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:292
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:302
 msgid "pre-release"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:297
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:307
 msgid "yanked"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:314
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:324
 #, python-format
 msgid ""
 "Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, "
@@ -3609,18 +3609,18 @@ msgid ""
 "target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">installing packages</a>."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:317
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:327
 #, python-format
 msgid "Files for %(project_name)s, version %(version)s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:321
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:338
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:331
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:348
 msgid "File type"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:324
-#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:354
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:334
+#: warehouse/templates/packaging/detail.html:364
 msgid "Hashes"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/warehouse/migrations/versions/93388f06f5e7_draft_releases.py b/warehouse/migrations/versions/93388f06f5e7_draft_releases.py
index 43392be8b66d..4ec7591373af 100644
--- a/warehouse/migrations/versions/93388f06f5e7_draft_releases.py
+++ b/warehouse/migrations/versions/93388f06f5e7_draft_releases.py
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@
 def upgrade():
     # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
     op.add_column("releases", sa.Column("project_name", sa.Text(), nullable=True))
-    op.add_column("releases", sa.Column("published", sa.DateTime(), nullable=True))
+    op.add_column(
+        "releases",
+        sa.Column(
+            "published",
+            sa.DateTime(),
+            # Drop this default later and set its value explicitly (Null or Now())
+            server_default=sa.text("now()"),
+            nullable=True)
+    )
     # ### end Alembic commands ###
     # Fill the project_name and published columns
     op.execute(
diff --git a/warehouse/packaging/models.py b/warehouse/packaging/models.py
index 4eead753308f..b0ec2b206feb 100644
--- a/warehouse/packaging/models.py
+++ b/warehouse/packaging/models.py
@@ -405,7 +405,9 @@ def __table_args__(cls):  # noqa
     created = Column(
         DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=False, server_default=sql.func.now()
     )
-    published = Column(DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=True)
+    published = Column(
+        DateTime(timezone=False), nullable=True, server_default=sql.func.now()
+    )
 
     description_id = Column(
         ForeignKey("release_descriptions.id", onupdate="CASCADE", ondelete="CASCADE"),