diff --git a/src/java/main/esg/search/publish/impl/solr/SolrRetractor.java b/src/java/main/esg/search/publish/impl/solr/SolrRetractor.java
index 09c1b285..330fc409 100644
--- a/src/java/main/esg/search/publish/impl/solr/SolrRetractor.java
+++ b/src/java/main/esg/search/publish/impl/solr/SolrRetractor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
@@ -78,8 +82,11 @@ public void consume(final Record record) throws Exception {
 	    // also set "latest=false"
 		String query = "id="+record.getId();
 		Map<String,String[]> metadata = new HashMap<String,String[]>();
+        Instant thedate = Instant.now();
+
 		metadata.put(QueryParameters.FIELD_RETRACTED, new String[] {"true"} );
 		metadata.put(QueryParameters.FIELD_LATEST, new String[] {"false"} );
+        metadata.put(QueryParameters.FIELD_TIMESTAMP_, new String[] {DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT.format(thedate)} );
 		HashMap<String, Map<String,String[]>> doc = new HashMap<String, Map<String,String[]>>();
 		doc.put(query, metadata);
 	    updateService.update(solrUrl.toString(),