diff --git a/lib/debezium/converters/time.go b/lib/debezium/converters/time.go
index 73b903ae..62cd761e 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/converters/time.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/converters/time.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (TimestampConverter) Convert(value any) (any, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	return timeValue, nil
+	return timeValue.Format(time.RFC3339Nano), nil
 }
 
 type YearConverter struct{}
diff --git a/lib/debezium/converters/time_test.go b/lib/debezium/converters/time_test.go
index 8ff6a54f..a5a142eb 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/converters/time_test.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/converters/time_test.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func TestTimestampConverter_Convert(t *testing.T) {
 		// time.Time
 		value, err := converter.Convert(time.Date(2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, time.UTC))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, time.Date(2001, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 0, time.UTC), value)
+		assert.Equal(t, "2001-02-03T04:05:00Z", value)
 	}
 }