diff --git a/api/src/Entity/ContentNode/ColumnLayout.php b/api/src/Entity/ContentNode/ColumnLayout.php
index 59532e71d4c..ffdca823f79 100644
--- a/api/src/Entity/ContentNode/ColumnLayout.php
+++ b/api/src/Entity/ContentNode/ColumnLayout.php
@@ -138,4 +138,14 @@ public function getSupportedSlotNames(): array {
 
         return $columns->map(fn (array $element) => $element['slot'])->getValues();
     }
+
+    #[ApiProperty(readable: false, writable: false)]
+    public function setCreateTime(\DateTime $createTime): void {
+        $this->createTime = $createTime;
+    }
+
+    #[ApiProperty(readable: false, writable: false)]
+    public function setUpdateTime(\DateTime $updateTime): void {
+        $this->updateTime = $updateTime;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/State/CategoryCreateProcessor.php b/api/src/State/CategoryCreateProcessor.php
index b7ff4cc41f5..66aec1af57e 100644
--- a/api/src/State/CategoryCreateProcessor.php
+++ b/api/src/State/CategoryCreateProcessor.php
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ public function onBefore($data, Operation $operation, array $uriVariables = [],
             ->findOneBy(['name' => 'ColumnLayout'])
         ;
         $rootContentNode->data = ['columns' => [['slot' => '1', 'width' => 12]]];
+        /*
+         * Set the timestampable properties here by hand, because only in production
+         * this does not work.
+         * Remove this again as soon as https://github.com/ecamp/ecamp3/issues/3662 is really fixed.
+         */
+        $rootContentNode->setCreateTime(new \DateTime());
+        $rootContentNode->setUpdateTime(new \DateTime());
+
         $data->setRootContentNode($rootContentNode);
 
         return $data;