diff --git a/increment_and_push.sh b/increment_and_push.sh
index 839f1ae..32dd33a 100755
--- a/increment_and_push.sh
+++ b/increment_and_push.sh
@@ -219,20 +219,27 @@ create_gitea_release() {
     token=$(cat "$HOME/.gitea_token" | tr -d '\n\r')
     local api_url="https://git.laantungir.net/api/v1/repos/laantungir/n_signer"
 
-    # Include created_at timestamp to work around Gitea bug where releases
-    # created without a timestamp get epoch zero and don't appear in the
-    # releases list or web UI.
-    local now_iso
-    now_iso=$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
-
     local response
     response=$(curl -s -X POST "$api_url/releases" \
         -H "Authorization: token $token" \
         -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-        -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"target_commitish\": \"master\", \"name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"body\": \"$COMMIT_MESSAGE\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false, \"created_at\": \"$now_iso\"}")
+        -d "{\"tag_name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"target_commitish\": \"master\", \"name\": \"$NEW_VERSION\", \"body\": \"$COMMIT_MESSAGE\", \"draft\": false, \"prerelease\": false}")
 
     if echo "$response" | grep -q '"id"'; then
-        echo "$response" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | cut -d':' -f2
+        local release_id
+        release_id=$(echo "$response" | grep -o '"id":[0-9]*' | head -1 | cut -d':' -f2)
+
+        # Work around Gitea bug: releases created via API get created_unix=0
+        # (epoch zero) in the database, causing them to not appear in the
+        # releases list or web UI. Fix the timestamp directly in the DB.
+        local now_unix
+        now_unix=$(date +%s)
+        print_status "Fixing release timestamp in Gitea database (workaround for Gitea bug)..."
+        ssh -o ConnectTimeout=10 ubuntu@laantungir.net \
+            "sudo sqlite3 /data/gitea/gitea.db \"UPDATE release SET created_unix=$now_unix WHERE id=$release_id;\"" \
+            2>/dev/null || print_warning "Could not fix release timestamp via SSH (release may not appear in web UI)"
+
+        echo "$release_id"
     else
         print_error "Failed to create Gitea release: $response"
         return 1