diff --git a/cli/src/cores/models/crawled-asset.ts b/cli/src/cores/models/crawled-asset.ts
index 41bc934427..15eb72f2b3 100644
--- a/cli/src/cores/models/crawled-asset.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cores/models/crawled-asset.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export class CrawledAsset {
   async process() {
     const stats = await fs.promises.stat(this.path);
     this.deviceAssetId = `${basename(this.path)}-${stats.size}`.replace(/\s+/g, '');
-    this.fileCreatedAt = stats.ctime.toISOString();
+    this.fileCreatedAt = stats.mtime.toISOString();
     this.fileModifiedAt = stats.mtime.toISOString();
     this.fileSize = stats.size;
 
diff --git a/server/src/domain/library/library.service.ts b/server/src/domain/library/library.service.ts
index 4cce996460..d4abce3e45 100644
--- a/server/src/domain/library/library.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/domain/library/library.service.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export class LibraryService {
         originalPath: assetPath,
         deviceAssetId: deviceAssetId,
         deviceId: 'Library Import',
-        fileCreatedAt: stats.ctime,
+        fileCreatedAt: stats.mtime,
         fileModifiedAt: stats.mtime,
         type: assetType,
         originalFileName: parse(assetPath).name,
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ export class LibraryService {
     } else if (doRefresh && existingAssetEntity) {
       assetId = existingAssetEntity.id;
       await this.assetRepository.updateAll([existingAssetEntity.id], {
-        fileCreatedAt: stats.ctime,
+        fileCreatedAt: stats.mtime,
         fileModifiedAt: stats.mtime,
       });
     } else {