diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ef691e26..0069d3510 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2633,6 +2633,7 @@ version = "0.19.3"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-web",
+ "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "encoding",
  "enum-map",
@@ -2645,6 +2646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_db_views_moderator",
  "lemmy_utils",
  "mime",
+ "moka",
  "once_cell",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "regex",
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs b/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
index 1472d6866..752568682 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/activities/mod.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use activitypub_federation::{
   traits::{ActivityHandler, Actor},
 };
 use anyhow::anyhow;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Local, Utc};
 use lemmy_api_common::{
   context::LemmyContext,
   send_activity::{ActivityChannel, SendActivityData},
@@ -204,8 +205,9 @@ where
 {
   info!("Saving outgoing activity to queue {}", activity.id());
 
+  let activity = WithPublished::new(activity);
   let form = SentActivityForm {
-    ap_id: activity.id().clone().into(),
+    ap_id: activity.inner.id().clone().into(),
     data: serde_json::to_value(activity)?,
     sensitive,
     send_inboxes: send_targets
@@ -223,6 +225,24 @@ where
   Ok(())
 }
 
+/// Wrapper struct that adds `published` field with timestamp to outgoing activities. Important that
+/// the timestamp includes milliseconds and timezone.
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct WithPublished<T> {
+  published: DateTime<Utc>,
+  #[serde(flatten)]
+  inner: T,
+}
+
+impl<T> WithPublished<T> {
+  pub fn new(inner: T) -> WithPublished<T> {
+    Self {
+      published: Local::now().into(),
+      inner,
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 pub async fn handle_outgoing_activities(context: Data<LemmyContext>) {
   while let Some(data) = ActivityChannel::retrieve_activity().await {
     if let Err(e) = match_outgoing_activities(data, &context.reset_request_count()).await {