diff --git a/tests/journalTests.js b/tests/journalTests.js
index d0e1499..5c695d5 100644
--- a/tests/journalTests.js
+++ b/tests/journalTests.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ test('can walk through an submission workflow and make a submission with journal
   await submissionMetadataPage.verifyArticleTitle(submissionTitle);
   await submissionMetadataPage.verifyJournalTitle('PASS_E2E_TEST_JOURNAL');
   await submissionMetadataPage.inputAuthor('PASS_E2E_TEST_AUTHOR');
-  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('05/02/2010');
+  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('2010-05-02');
 
   await submissionMetadataPage.clickNextToFiles();
 
diff --git a/tests/noJournalTests.js b/tests/noJournalTests.js
index d6d851a..59fb6a2 100644
--- a/tests/noJournalTests.js
+++ b/tests/noJournalTests.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ test('can walk through a submission workflow and make a submission - without sel
   await submissionMetadataPage.verifyArticleTitle(submissionTitle);
   await submissionMetadataPage.verifyJournalTitle('');
   await submissionMetadataPage.inputAuthor('PASS_E2E_TEST_AUTHOR');
-  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('05/02/2010');
+  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('2010-05-02');
   await submissionMetadataPage.clickNextToFiles();
 
   await submissionFilesPage.verifyOAManuscriptsNotExists();
diff --git a/tests/page_model/SubmissionMetadata.js b/tests/page_model/SubmissionMetadata.js
index 5392bc0..54aca92 100644
--- a/tests/page_model/SubmissionMetadata.js
+++ b/tests/page_model/SubmissionMetadata.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class SubmissionMetadata {
       .expect(publicationDateInput.exists)
       .ok()
       .click(publicationDateInput)
-      .pressKey(date.split('').join(' '));
+      .typeText(publicationDateInput, date, { paste: true });
   }
 
   async clickNextToFiles() {
diff --git a/tests/proxySubmissionTests.js b/tests/proxySubmissionTests.js
index addcb0b..db887ba 100644
--- a/tests/proxySubmissionTests.js
+++ b/tests/proxySubmissionTests.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ async function walkThroughSubmissionFlow(t, hasAccount) {
   await submissionMetadataPage.verifyJournalTitle(
     'Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific'
   );
-  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('05/02/2010');
+  await submissionMetadataPage.inputPublicationDate('2010-05-02');
 
   await submissionMetadataPage.clickNextToFiles();