diff --git a/pokemon_v2/api.py b/pokemon_v2/api.py
index 97fc7401c..cf0b7052c 100644
--- a/pokemon_v2/api.py
+++ b/pokemon_v2/api.py
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ def list(self, request):
         try:
             deploy_date = (
                 subprocess.check_output(
-                    ["git", "log", "-1", "--format=%cI"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+                    ["git", "log", "-1", "--format=%ct"], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
                 )
                 .decode()
                 .strip()
diff --git a/pokemon_v2/tests.py b/pokemon_v2/tests.py
index eba43ab06..afba152f4 100644
--- a/pokemon_v2/tests.py
+++ b/pokemon_v2/tests.py
@@ -5861,7 +5861,7 @@ def test_case_insensitive_api(self):
     def test_meta_api(self):
         response = self.client.get("{}/meta/".format(API_V2))
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        self.assertTrue(datetime.fromisoformat(response.data["deploy_date"]))
-        self.assertEqual(25, len(response.data["deploy_date"]))
+        self.assertTrue(datetime.fromtimestamp(int(response.data["deploy_date"])))
+        self.assertEqual(10, len(response.data["deploy_date"]))
         self.assertEqual(40, len(response.data["hash"]))
         self.assertIn("tag", response.data)