diff --git a/generators/artifacthub/package.go b/generators/artifacthub/package.go
index a57d3605..0b45d6fc 100644
--- a/generators/artifacthub/package.go
+++ b/generators/artifacthub/package.go
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ func (pkg AhPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.ComponentDef
 			comp.Model = &model.ModelDefinition{}
 		}
 		if comp.Model.Metadata == nil {
-			comp.Model.Metadata = &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{}
+			now := time.Now()
+			comp.Model.Metadata = &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+				CreatedAt: &now,
+			}
 		}
 
 		if comp.Model.Metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
diff --git a/generators/github/package.go b/generators/github/package.go
index a15c7130..2a055454 100644
--- a/generators/github/package.go
+++ b/generators/github/package.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/utils"
 	"github.com/meshery/meshkit/utils/component"
@@ -96,7 +97,10 @@ func (gp GitHubPackage) GenerateComponents(group string) ([]_component.Component
 				comp.Model = &model.ModelDefinition{}
 			}
 			if comp.Model.Metadata == nil {
-				comp.Model.Metadata = &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{}
+				now := time.Now()
+				comp.Model.Metadata = &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+					CreatedAt: &now,
+				}
 			}
 			if comp.Model.Metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
 				comp.Model.Metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04fb4f8f..41f95b9c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -305,4 +305,7 @@ require (
 	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v6 v6.3.1 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/meshery/meshkit => ../meshkit
+replace (
+	github.com/meshery/meshkit => ../meshkit
+	github.com/meshery/schemas => ../schemas
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 590b4802..ded48454 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32 h1:JD12Ag3oLy1zQA+BNn74xRgaBbdhbNIDYvQUEuuE
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32/go.mod h1:Uh1q+B4BYcTPb+yiD3kU8Ct7aC0hY9fxUwlHK0RXw+Y=
 github.com/meshery/meshery-operator v0.8.11 h1:eDo2Sw0jjVrXsvvhF8LenADM58pK+7Z68ROPVIejTPc=
 github.com/meshery/meshery-operator v0.8.11/go.mod h1:hQEtFKKa5Fr/Mskk6bV5ip3bQ0+3F0u1voYS3XisBp4=
-github.com/meshery/schemas v0.8.94 h1:Xmjc0+MKUbvFPO/LmS4/0ncVqPpHqID3tuThn4QltQ0=
-github.com/meshery/schemas v0.8.94/go.mod h1:1GRdkWXLCzL6Y664T8JWpGMW9EtLaaBMxYD+u4GMG1M=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.57 h1:Jzi7ApEIzwEPLHWRcafCN9LZSBbqQpxjt/wpgvg7wcM=
 github.com/miekg/dns v1.1.57/go.mod h1:uqRjCRUuEAA6qsOiJvDd+CFo/vW+y5WR6SNmHE55hZk=
 github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 h1:vpKXTN4ewci03Vljg/q9QvCGUDttBOGBIa15WveJJGw=
diff --git a/registry/model.go b/registry/model.go
index 6a84abed..2fcd9cd8 100644
--- a/registry/model.go
+++ b/registry/model.go
@@ -105,7 +105,10 @@ var modelMetadataValues = []string{
 func (m *ModelCSV) UpdateModelDefinition(modelDef *_model.ModelDefinition) error {
 	metadata := modelDef.Metadata
 	if metadata == nil {
-		metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{}
+		now := time.Now()
+		metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+			CreatedAt: &now,
+		}
 	}
 	if metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
 		metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -626,7 +629,10 @@ func GenerateComponentsFromPkg(pkg models.Package, compDirPath string, defVersio
 	for _, comp := range comps {
 		comp.Version = defVersion
 		if modelDef.Metadata == nil {
-			modelDef.Metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{}
+			now := time.Now()
+			modelDef.Metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+				CreatedAt: &now,
+			}
 		}
 		if modelDef.Metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
 			modelDef.Metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -918,7 +924,10 @@ func InvokeGenerationFromSheet(wg *sync.WaitGroup, path string, modelsheetID, co
 				// i.e., If model is enabled, comps are also "enabled". Ultimately, all individual comps will have the ability to control their status.
 				// The status "enabled" indicates that the component will be registered inside the registry.
 				if modelDef.Metadata == nil {
-					modelDef.Metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{}
+					now := time.Now()
+					modelDef.Metadata = &_model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+						CreatedAt: &now,
+					}
 				}
 				if modelDef.Metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
 					modelDef.Metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/utils/component/openapi_generator.go b/utils/component/openapi_generator.go
index 540f7feb..24fc189c 100644
--- a/utils/component/openapi_generator.go
+++ b/utils/component/openapi_generator.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue"
 	"cuelang.org/go/cue/cuecontext"
@@ -121,6 +122,14 @@ func GenerateFromOpenAPI(resource string, pkg models.Package) ([]component.Compo
 			}
 		}
 
+		now := time.Now()
+		metadata := &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
+			CreatedAt: &now,
+		}
+		if metadata.AdditionalProperties == nil {
+			metadata.AdditionalProperties = make(map[string]interface{})
+		}
+		metadata.AdditionalProperties["source_uri"] = pkg.GetSourceURL()
 		c := component.ComponentDefinition{
 			SchemaVersion: v1beta1.ComponentSchemaVersion,
 			Format:        component.JSON,
@@ -140,11 +149,7 @@ func GenerateFromOpenAPI(resource string, pkg models.Package) ([]component.Compo
 				},
 				Name:        pkg.GetName(),
 				DisplayName: manifests.FormatToReadableString(pkg.GetName()),
-				Metadata: &model.ModelDefinition_Metadata{
-					AdditionalProperties: map[string]interface{}{
-						"source_uri": pkg.GetSourceURL(),
-					},
-				},
+				Metadata:    metadata,
 			},
 		}