diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca24362826..782922d887 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -999,10 +999,8 @@ checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
- "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
- "wasm-bindgen",
  "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
@@ -2366,7 +2364,6 @@ checksum = "0206175f82b8d6bf6652ff7d71a1e27fd2e4efde587fd368662814d6ec1d9ce0"
 name = "explorer-api"
 version = "1.1.41"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.20",
  "dotenvy",
  "humantime-serde",
@@ -2394,6 +2391,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -5099,7 +5097,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum 0.7.7",
- "chrono",
  "clap 4.5.20",
  "nym-bin-common",
  "nym-network-defaults",
@@ -5108,6 +5105,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tower-http",
@@ -6564,7 +6562,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bincode",
- "chrono",
  "dashmap",
  "defguard_wireguard_rs",
  "futures",
@@ -6578,6 +6575,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nym-task",
  "nym-wireguard-types",
  "thiserror",
+ "time",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
  "x25519-dalek",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ee9b482356..db36b3095a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ celes = "2.4.0"
 cfg-if = "1.0.0"
 chacha20 = "0.9.0"
 chacha20poly1305 = "0.10.1"
-chrono = "0.4.31"
 cipher = "0.4.3"
 clap = "4.5.20"
 clap_complete = "4.5"
diff --git a/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml b/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
index f20651acbd..cd45610ff6 100644
--- a/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/wireguard/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 base64 = { workspace = true }
 bincode = { workspace = true }
-chrono = { workspace = true }
+time = { workspace = true }
 dashmap = { workspace = true }
 defguard_wireguard_rs = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
index 8e59935476..b5437534a3 100644
--- a/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/explorer-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ license.workspace = true
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+# chrono = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+time = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["cargo", "derive"] }
 dotenvy = { workspace = true }
 humantime-serde = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/state.rs b/explorer-api/src/state.rs
index b007fae76d..92b4210e05 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/state.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/state.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::path::Path;
 
-use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use log::info;
 use nym_mixnet_contract_common::NodeId;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 
 use crate::client::ThreadsafeValidatorClient;
 use crate::geo_ip::location::ThreadsafeGeoIp;
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ pub struct ExplorerApiStateOnDisk {
     pub(crate) country_node_distribution: CountryNodesDistribution,
     pub(crate) mixnode_location_cache: MixnodeLocationCache,
     pub(crate) gateway_location_cache: GatewayLocationCache,
-    pub(crate) as_at: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub(crate) as_at: OffsetDateTime,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ impl ExplorerApiStateContext {
             country_node_distribution: self.inner.country_node_distribution.get_all().await,
             mixnode_location_cache: self.inner.mixnodes.get_locations().await,
             gateway_location_cache: self.inner.gateways.get_locations().await,
-            as_at: Utc::now(),
+            as_at: OffsetDateTime::now_utc(),
         };
         serde_json::to_writer(file, &state).expect("error writing state to disk");
         info!("Saved file to '{:?}'", json_file_path.canonicalize());
diff --git a/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml b/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
index 220449bfb1..ba9a6b75a1 100644
--- a/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nym-data-observatory/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ readme.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 axum = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio"] }
-chrono = { workspace = true }
+time = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 nym-bin-common = { path = "../common/bin-common" }
 nym-network-defaults = { path = "../common/network-defaults" }
diff --git a/nym-data-observatory/src/db/models.rs b/nym-data-observatory/src/db/models.rs
index e1e9682235..4449b78037 100644
--- a/nym-data-observatory/src/db/models.rs
+++ b/nym-data-observatory/src/db/models.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use utoipa::ToSchema;
 
 use crate::background_task::Response;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ impl From<Response> for JokeDto {
             joke_id: value.joke_id,
             joke: value.joke,
             // casting not smart, can implicitly panic, don't do this in prod
-            date_created: chrono::offset::Utc::now().timestamp() as i32,
+            date_created: OffsetDateTime::now_utc().unix_timestamp() as i32,
         }
     }
 }