diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 601b440d1..dfd50aedf 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  - Added configurable sales tax. (Tiffany Patterson / Elite Marketing)
  - change: made Text::Aspell optional, nullifying spellchecker if not present
  - Fixed a bug where logging in/out would cause a blank page display.
+ - Fix: Version tags could not be create()d because no default values set.
 
 7.1.2
  - Fixed a bug that caused workflows to fail if collaboration systems and
diff --git a/docs/create.sql b/docs/create.sql
index 27aa5ea4e..ac3b7e579 100644
--- a/docs/create.sql
+++ b/docs/create.sql
@@ -1152,9 +1152,9 @@ CREATE TABLE `assetVersionTag` (
   `commitDate` bigint(20) NOT NULL default '0',
   `committedBy` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL default '',
   `isLocked` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
-  `lockedBy` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL,
-  `groupToUse` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL,
-  `workflowId` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL,
+  `lockedBy` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL default '',
+  `groupToUse` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL default '',
+  `workflowId` varchar(22) binary NOT NULL default '',
   `workflowInstanceId` varchar(22) binary default NULL,
   `comments` text,
   PRIMARY KEY  (`tagId`)
diff --git a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.1.2-7.2.0.pl b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.1.2-7.2.0.pl
index 5d643b25c..487c43ec3 100644
--- a/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.1.2-7.2.0.pl
+++ b/docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.1.2-7.2.0.pl
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ my $session = start(); # this line required
 
 commerceSalesTax($session);
 createDictionaryStorage($session);
+fixAssetVersionTag($session);
 
 finish($session); # this line required
 
@@ -58,6 +59,16 @@ sub createDictionaryStorage {
 }
 
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+sub fixAssetVersionTag {
+	my $session = shift;
+	print "\tFixing assetVersionTag database table.\n" unless ($quiet);
+	
+	$session->db->write("alter table assetVersionTag alter lockedBy set default ''");
+	$session->db->write("alter table assetVersionTag alter groupToUse set default ''");
+	$session->db->write("alter table assetVersionTag alter workflowId set default ''");
+}
+
 
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