diff --git a/core/model/schema/modx.mysql.schema.xml b/core/model/schema/modx.mysql.schema.xml
index aa7ef1032bf..613f5218ef8 100644
--- a/core/model/schema/modx.mysql.schema.xml
+++ b/core/model/schema/modx.mysql.schema.xml
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@
 
     <object class="modManagerLog" table="manager_log" extends="xPDO\Om\xPDOSimpleObject">
         <field key="user" dbtype="int" precision="10" attributes="unsigned" phptype="integer" null="false" default="0" />
-        <field key="occurred" dbtype="datetime" phptype="datetime" null="true" default="NULL" />
+        <field key="occurred" dbtype="datetime" phptype="datetime" null="false" default="CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" />
         <field key="action" dbtype="varchar" precision="100" phptype="string" null="false" default="" />
         <field key="classKey" dbtype="varchar" precision="100" phptype="string" null="false" default="" />
         <field key="item" dbtype="varchar" precision="255" phptype="string" null="false" default="0" />
diff --git a/core/src/Revolution/mysql/modManagerLog.php b/core/src/Revolution/mysql/modManagerLog.php
index 7020239c56a..d65c3663fb7 100644
--- a/core/src/Revolution/mysql/modManagerLog.php
+++ b/core/src/Revolution/mysql/modManagerLog.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class modManagerLog extends \MODX\Revolution\modManagerLog
         'fields' => 
         array (
             'user' => 0,
-            'occurred' => NULL,
+            'occurred' => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
             'action' => '',
             'classKey' => '',
             'item' => '0',
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class modManagerLog extends \MODX\Revolution\modManagerLog
             array (
                 'dbtype' => 'datetime',
                 'phptype' => 'datetime',
-                'null' => true,
-                'default' => NULL,
+                'null' => false,
+                'default' => 'CURRENT_TIMESTAMP',
             ),
             'action' => 
             array (
diff --git a/setup/includes/upgrades/common/3.0.5-db-changes.php b/setup/includes/upgrades/common/3.0.5-db-changes.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8cd088417ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/includes/upgrades/common/3.0.5-db-changes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Database changes for 3.0.5
+ *
+ * @var modX $modx
+ * @package setup
+ */
+
+$manager = $modx->getManager();
+
+$manager->alterField(\MODX\Revolution\modManagerLog::class, 'occurred');
diff --git a/setup/includes/upgrades/mysql/3.0.5-pl.php b/setup/includes/upgrades/mysql/3.0.5-pl.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e038042b58d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/includes/upgrades/mysql/3.0.5-pl.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Specific upgrades for Revolution 3.0.5-pl
+ *
+ * @var modX $modx
+ * @package setup
+ * @subpackage upgrades
+ */
+
+/* run upgrades common to all db platforms */
+include dirname(__DIR__) . '/common/3.0.5-db-changes.php';