diff --git a/taskflow/persistence/backends/sqlalchemy/tables.py b/taskflow/persistence/backends/sqlalchemy/tables.py
index 81f0b964..47306b9c 100644
--- a/taskflow/persistence/backends/sqlalchemy/tables.py
+++ b/taskflow/persistence/backends/sqlalchemy/tables.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def fetch(metadata):
                      Column('created_at', DateTime,
                             default=timeutils.utcnow),
                      Column('updated_at', DateTime,
-                            default=timeutils.utcnow),
+                            onupdate=timeutils.utcnow),
                      Column('meta', Json),
                      Column('name', String(length=NAME_LENGTH)),
                      Column('uuid', String(length=UUID_LENGTH),
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def fetch(metadata):
                         Column('created_at', DateTime,
                                default=timeutils.utcnow),
                         Column('updated_at', DateTime,
-                               default=timeutils.utcnow),
+                               onupdate=timeutils.utcnow),
                         Column('parent_uuid', String(length=UUID_LENGTH),
                                ForeignKey('logbooks.uuid',
                                           ondelete='CASCADE')),
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def fetch(metadata):
                         Column('created_at', DateTime,
                                default=timeutils.utcnow),
                         Column('updated_at', DateTime,
-                               default=timeutils.utcnow),
+                               onupdate=timeutils.utcnow),
                         Column('meta', Json),
                         Column('parent_uuid', String(length=UUID_LENGTH),
                                ForeignKey('flowdetails.uuid',