diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/add-release-to-github-importer.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/add-release-to-github-importer.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d11e7c725f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/add-release-to-github-importer.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add a field for released_at to GH importer
+merge_request: 31496
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer.rb b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer.rb
index 0e7c9ee0d00..9d925581441 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module Gitlab
             description: description_for(release),
             created_at: release.created_at,
             updated_at: release.updated_at,
+            released_at: release.published_at,
             project_id: project.id
           }
         end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer_spec.rb
index 23ae026fb14..0e5419e6c5e 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/github_import/importer/releases_importer_spec.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::Importer::ReleasesImporter do
   let(:importer) { described_class.new(project, client) }
   let(:created_at) { Time.new(2017, 1, 1, 12, 00) }
   let(:updated_at) { Time.new(2017, 1, 1, 12, 15) }
+  let(:released_at) { Time.new(2017, 1, 1, 12, 00) }
 
   let(:release) do
     double(
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::Importer::ReleasesImporter do
       tag_name: '1.0',
       body: 'This is my release',
       created_at: created_at,
-      updated_at: updated_at
+      updated_at: updated_at,
+      published_at: released_at
     )
   end
 
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ describe Gitlab::GithubImport::Importer::ReleasesImporter do
         tag_name: '1.0',
         description: 'This is my release',
         created_at: created_at,
-        updated_at: updated_at
+        updated_at: updated_at,
+        released_at: released_at
       }
 
       expect(importer).to receive(:build_releases).and_return([release_hash])