diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 39a4df536..c7041c2f7 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ before:
 builds:
   - binary: bin/gh
     ldflags:
-      - -s -w -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.BuildDate={{.Date}}
+      - -s -w -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.Version={{.Version}} -X github.com/github/gh-cli/command.BuildDate={{time "2006-01-02"}}
       - -X github.com/github/gh-cli/context.oauthClientID={{.Env.GH_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID}}
       - -X github.com/github/gh-cli/context.oauthClientSecret={{.Env.GH_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET}}
       - -X main.updaterEnabled=github/homebrew-gh