diff --git a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/package.json b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/package.json
index 9a8f1bb7ef..33b0c5279b 100644
--- a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/package.json
+++ b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.45",
     "@octokit/rest": "^18.0.12",
-    "date-fns": "^2.19.0",
+    "luxon": "^1.26.0",
     "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
     "react-router": "6.0.0-beta.0",
     "react-use": "^15.3.3",
diff --git a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.test.ts b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.test.ts
index 1ed3027f14..59676e989b 100644
--- a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { format } from 'date-fns';
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 
 import { GhGetReleaseResponse } from '../../types/types';
 import {
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@ import {
 } from '../../test-helpers/test-helpers';
 import { getRcGitHubInfo } from './getRcGitHubInfo';
 
-const injectedDate = format(1611869955783, 'yyyy.MM.dd');
-
 describe('getRcGitHubInfo', () => {
+  describe('DateTime', () => {
+    it('should format dates as expected', () => {
+      const formattedDate = DateTime.now().toFormat('yyyy.MM.dd');
+
+      expect(formattedDate).toMatch(/^\d{4}.\d{2}.\d{2}$/);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('calver', () => {
     const latestRelease = {
       tag_name: 'rc-2020.01.01_0',
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ describe('getRcGitHubInfo', () => {
           project: mockCalverProject,
           latestRelease,
           semverBumpLevel: 'minor',
-          injectedDate,
+          injectedDate: '2021.01.28',
         }),
       ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
         Object {
diff --git a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.ts b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.ts
index a35b46480e..df58f73f11 100644
--- a/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.ts
+++ b/plugins/release-manager-as-a-service/src/cards/createRc/getRcGitHubInfo.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { format } from 'date-fns';
+import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 
 import { getBumpedSemverTagParts } from '../../helpers/getBumpedTag';
 import { getSemverTagParts } from '../../helpers/tagParts/getSemverTagParts';
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const getRcGitHubInfo = ({
   project,
   latestRelease,
   semverBumpLevel,
-  injectedDate = format(new Date(), 'yyyy.MM.dd'), // '0012-01-01T13:37:00.000Z'
+  injectedDate = DateTime.now().toFormat('yyyy.MM.dd'),
 }: {
   project: Project;
   latestRelease: GhGetReleaseResponse | null;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cca4a0ed44..d341a67170 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11408,11 +11408,6 @@ date-fns@^2.0.0-alpha.27, date-fns@^2.16.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.18.0.tgz#08e50aee300ad0d2c5e054e3f0d10d8f9cdfe09e"
   integrity sha512-NYyAg4wRmGVU4miKq5ivRACOODdZRY3q5WLmOJSq8djyzftYphU7dTHLcEtLqEvfqMKQ0jVv91P4BAwIjsXIcw==
 
-date-fns@^2.19.0:
-  version "2.19.0"
-  resolved "https://artifactory.spotify.net/artifactory/api/npm/virtual-npm/date-fns/-/date-fns-2.19.0.tgz#65193348635a28d5d916c43ec7ce6fbd145059e1"
-  integrity sha1-ZRkzSGNaKNXZFsQ+x85vvRRQWeE=
-
 dateformat@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/dateformat/-/dateformat-3.0.3.tgz#a6e37499a4d9a9cf85ef5872044d62901c9889ae"