diff --git a/e2e/suite1/specs/dashboard-time-zone.spec.ts b/e2e/suite1/specs/dashboard-time-zone.spec.ts
index e0be47065e0..bc492e1e8e8 100644
--- a/e2e/suite1/specs/dashboard-time-zone.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/suite1/specs/dashboard-time-zone.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import { e2e } from '@grafana/e2e';
-import { addDays, addHours, differenceInCalendarDays, differenceInMinutes, format, isBefore, parse } from 'date-fns';
+import {
+  addDays,
+  addHours,
+  differenceInCalendarDays,
+  differenceInMinutes,
+  format,
+  isBefore,
+  parseISO,
+  toDate,
+} from 'date-fns';
 
 e2e.scenario({
   describeName: 'Dashboard time zone support',
@@ -79,13 +88,13 @@ const isTimeCorrect = (inUtc: string, inTz: string, offset: number): boolean =>
     return false;
   }
 
-  const reference = format(new Date(), 'YYYY-MM-DD');
+  const reference = format(new Date(), 'yyyy-LL-dd');
 
-  const utcDate = parse(`${reference} ${inUtc}`);
-  const utcDateWithOffset = addHours(parse(`${reference} ${inUtc}`), offset);
+  const utcDate = toDate(parseISO(`${reference} ${inUtc}`));
+  const utcDateWithOffset = addHours(toDate(parseISO(`${reference} ${inUtc}`)), offset);
   const dayDifference = differenceInCalendarDays(utcDate, utcDateWithOffset); // if the utcDate +/- offset is the day before/after then we need to adjust reference
   const dayOffset = isBefore(utcDateWithOffset, utcDate) ? dayDifference * -1 : dayDifference;
-  const tzDate = addDays(parse(`${reference} ${inTz}`), dayOffset); // adjust tzDate with any dayOffset
+  const tzDate = addDays(toDate(parseISO(`${reference} ${inTz}`)), dayOffset); // adjust tzDate with any dayOffset
   const diff = Math.abs(differenceInMinutes(utcDate, tzDate)); // use Math.abs if tzDate is in future
 
   return diff <= Math.abs(offset * 60);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b1cfc7b485f..6e3d48d499b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
     "d3-force": "^2.1.1",
     "d3-scale-chromatic": "1.5.0",
     "dangerously-set-html-content": "1.0.9",
-    "date-fns": "1.30.1",
+    "date-fns": "2.25.0",
     "debounce-promise": "3.1.2",
     "emotion": "10.0.27",
     "eventemitter3": "4.0.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index be21e8328f1..be0291c00ef 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -14276,13 +14276,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"date-fns@npm:1.30.1, date-fns@npm:^1.27.2":
-  version: 1.30.1
-  resolution: "date-fns@npm:1.30.1"
-  checksum: 86b1f3269cbb1f3ee5ac9959775ea6600436f4ee2b78430cd427b41a0c9fabf740b1a5d401c085f3003539a6f4755c7c56c19fbd70ce11f6f673f6bc8075b710
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "date-fns@npm:2.21.3":
   version: 2.21.3
   resolution: "date-fns@npm:2.21.3"
@@ -14290,13 +14283,20 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"date-fns@npm:^2.16.1":
+"date-fns@npm:2.25.0, date-fns@npm:^2.16.1":
   version: 2.25.0
   resolution: "date-fns@npm:2.25.0"
   checksum: 8896dc1dde0ee5ef77616942423bfa11fa2017a5ac19457293b7aaedc8822ff94f0a14eaf93da573b09b601dc0149eb430988a046cc9f79a2eb15f8c66c9c50c
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"date-fns@npm:^1.27.2":
+  version: 1.30.1
+  resolution: "date-fns@npm:1.30.1"
+  checksum: 86b1f3269cbb1f3ee5ac9959775ea6600436f4ee2b78430cd427b41a0c9fabf740b1a5d401c085f3003539a6f4755c7c56c19fbd70ce11f6f673f6bc8075b710
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "date-format@npm:^0.0.0":
   version: 0.0.0
   resolution: "date-format@npm:0.0.0"
@@ -18020,7 +18020,7 @@ __metadata:
     d3-force: ^2.1.1
     d3-scale-chromatic: 1.5.0
     dangerously-set-html-content: 1.0.9
-    date-fns: 1.30.1
+    date-fns: 2.25.0
     debounce-promise: 3.1.2
     emotion: 10.0.27
     enzyme: 3.11.0