diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
index 42e4e339bf..e31f7d1c1d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ public class MySQLTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
             boolean displayWidths = getDatabase().integerDisplayWidths();
 
             // [#6492] MariaDB supports a standard IS_GENERATED, but MySQL doesn't (yet)
-            boolean generated = record.get(COLUMNS.EXTRA) != null && record.get(COLUMNS.EXTRA).toUpperCase().contains("GENERATED");
             GenerationOption generationOption =
                   "VIRTUAL GENERATED".equalsIgnoreCase(record.get(COLUMNS.EXTRA))
                 ? GenerationOption.VIRTUAL
@@ -121,6 +120,9 @@ public class MySQLTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
                 ? GenerationOption.STORED
                 : null;
 
+            // [#13818] Some DEFAULT expressions (e.g. CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) produce a DEFAULT_GENERATED value in EXTRA
+            boolean generated = generationOption != null;
+
             columnTypeFix:
             if (unsigned || displayWidths) {
                 if (asList("tinyint", "smallint", "mediumint", "int", "bigint").contains(dataType.toLowerCase())) {