diff --git a/app/models/procedure.rb b/app/models/procedure.rb
index 07ca5e6ff..c2313239a 100644
--- a/app/models/procedure.rb
+++ b/app/models/procedure.rb
@@ -689,6 +689,11 @@ class Procedure < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  def publish_revision!
+    update!(draft_revision: create_new_revision, published_revision: draft_revision)
+    published_revision.touch(:published_at)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def before_publish