diff --git a/stapi-pydantic/CHANGELOG.md b/stapi-pydantic/CHANGELOG.md
index c8fc658..924149e 100644
--- a/stapi-pydantic/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/stapi-pydantic/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Added
+
+- `OrderStatus.new` ([#116](https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/pull/116))
+
 ## [0.0.3] - 2025-04-24
 
 ### Added
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 
 Initial release.
 
-<!-- [unreleased]: https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/compare/stac-pydantic/stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.2...main -->
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/compare/stac-pydantic/stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.3...main
 [0.0.3]: https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/compare/stac-pydantic/stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.2...stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.3
 [0.0.2]: https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/compare/stac-pydantic/stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.1...stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.2
 [0.0.1]: https://github.com/stapi-spec/pystapi/releases/tag/stapi-pydantic%2Fv0.0.1
diff --git a/stapi-pydantic/src/stapi_pydantic/order.py b/stapi-pydantic/src/stapi_pydantic/order.py
index b01297e..4f4cd3d 100644
--- a/stapi-pydantic/src/stapi_pydantic/order.py
+++ b/stapi-pydantic/src/stapi_pydantic/order.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import datetime
 from collections.abc import Iterator
 from enum import StrEnum
 from typing import Any, Generic, Literal, TypeVar
@@ -56,6 +59,18 @@ class OrderStatus(BaseModel):
 
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def new(
+        cls, status_code: OrderStatusCode, reason_code: str | None = None, reason_text: str | None = None
+    ) -> OrderStatus:
+        """Creates a new order status with timestamp set to now in UTC."""
+        return OrderStatus(
+            timestamp=datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.UTC),
+            status_code=status_code,
+            reason_code=reason_code,
+            reason_text=reason_text,
+        )
+
 
 T = TypeVar("T", bound=OrderStatus)
 
diff --git a/stapi-pydantic/tests/test_order.py b/stapi-pydantic/tests/test_order.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83c4778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stapi-pydantic/tests/test_order.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import datetime
+
+from stapi_pydantic import OrderStatus, OrderStatusCode
+
+
+def test_order_status_new() -> None:
+    status = OrderStatus.new(OrderStatusCode.accepted)
+    assert status.timestamp.tzinfo == datetime.UTC
+    assert status.status_code == OrderStatusCode.accepted
+    assert status.reason_code is None
+    assert status.reason_text is None
+    assert status.links == []