diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev_release.yml b/.github/workflows/dev_release.yml
index 04365a655..3a66fede2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev_release.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update version in Cloudflare KV store
         run: |
-          JSON_DATA='{"version": "${{steps.build_info.outputs.VERSION}}", "date": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"}'
+          JSON_DATA="{\"version\": \"${{steps.build_info.outputs.VERSION}}\", \"date\": \"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)\"}"
           curl -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}/storage/kv/namespaces/${{ secrets.CF_NAMESPACE_ID }}/values/dev" \
                -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}" \
                -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stable_release.yml b/.github/workflows/stable_release.yml
index d18cd52b9..84df90706 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stable_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stable_release.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update version in Cloudflare KV store
         run: |
-          JSON_DATA='{"version": "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}", "date": "$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d)"}'
+          JSON_DATA="{\"version\": \"${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}\", \"date\": \"$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)\"}"
           curl -X PUT "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/${{ secrets.CF_ACCOUNT_ID }}/storage/kv/namespaces/${{ secrets.CF_NAMESPACE_ID }}/values/stable" \
                -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.CF_API_TOKEN }}" \
                -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \