diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/concurrent_partition_cursor.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/concurrent_partition_cursor.py
index ab667c655..054006a9a 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/concurrent_partition_cursor.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/incremental/concurrent_partition_cursor.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     AbstractStreamStateConverter,
 )
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.types import Record, StreamSlice, StreamState
+from airbyte_cdk.utils.datetime_helpers import AirbyteDateTime, ab_datetime_parse
 
 logger = logging.getLogger("airbyte")
 
@@ -151,8 +152,12 @@ def close_partition(self, partition: Partition) -> None:
             ):
                 if (
                     self._new_global_cursor is None
-                    or self._new_global_cursor[self.cursor_field.cursor_field_key]
-                    < cursor.state[self.cursor_field.cursor_field_key]
+                    or ab_datetime_parse(
+                        self._new_global_cursor[self.cursor_field.cursor_field_key]
+                    ).to_epoch_millis()
+                    < ab_datetime_parse(
+                        cursor.state[self.cursor_field.cursor_field_key]
+                    ).to_epoch_millis()
                 ):
                     self._new_global_cursor = copy.deepcopy(cursor.state)
             if not self._use_global_cursor: