diff --git a/connector-sdk/document/src/main/java/io/camunda/document/store/InMemoryDocumentStore.java b/connector-sdk/document/src/main/java/io/camunda/document/store/InMemoryDocumentStore.java
index e2d886bbc9..1ee5f12310 100644
--- a/connector-sdk/document/src/main/java/io/camunda/document/store/InMemoryDocumentStore.java
+++ b/connector-sdk/document/src/main/java/io/camunda/document/store/InMemoryDocumentStore.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import io.camunda.zeebe.client.api.response.DocumentMetadata;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public String getContentType() {
           }
 
           @Override
-          public ZonedDateTime getExpiresAt() {
+          public OffsetDateTime getExpiresAt() {
             return null;
           }
 
diff --git a/connector-sdk/jackson-datatype-document/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/document/annotation/jackson/DocumentReferenceModel.java b/connector-sdk/jackson-datatype-document/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/document/annotation/jackson/DocumentReferenceModel.java
index e46eebd557..8e7ec49cad 100644
--- a/connector-sdk/jackson-datatype-document/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/document/annotation/jackson/DocumentReferenceModel.java
+++ b/connector-sdk/jackson-datatype-document/src/main/java/io/camunda/connector/document/annotation/jackson/DocumentReferenceModel.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import io.camunda.document.operation.DocumentOperation;
 import io.camunda.document.reference.DocumentReference;
 import io.camunda.zeebe.client.api.response.DocumentMetadata;
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public sealed interface DocumentReferenceModel extends DocumentReference {
   @JsonInclude(Include.NON_EMPTY)
   record CamundaDocumentMetadataModel(
       String contentType,
-      ZonedDateTime expiresAt,
+      OffsetDateTime expiresAt,
       Long size,
       String fileName,
       Map<String, Object> customProperties)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public String getContentType() {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ZonedDateTime getExpiresAt() {
+    public OffsetDateTime getExpiresAt() {
       return expiresAt;
     }