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+#
+# This file is part of Invenio.
+# Copyright (C) 2025 CERN.
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Graz University of Technology.
+#
+# Invenio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the MIT License; see LICENSE file for more details.
+
+"""Alter datetime columns to utc aware datetime columns."""
+
+from invenio_db.utils import (
+    update_table_columns_column_type_to_datetime,
+    update_table_columns_column_type_to_utc_datetime,
+)
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = "3ca07f2ee12b"
+down_revision = "74b23178bfbe"
+branch_labels = ()
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    """Upgrade database."""
+    for table_name in ["request_files"]:
+        update_table_columns_column_type_to_utc_datetime(table_name, "created")
+        update_table_columns_column_type_to_utc_datetime(table_name, "updated")
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    """Downgrade database."""
+    for table_name in ["request_files"]:
+        update_table_columns_column_type_to_datetime(table_name, "created")
+        update_table_columns_column_type_to_datetime(table_name, "updated")