diff --git a/node_modules/expo-updates/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/loader/LoaderTask.kt b/node_modules/expo-updates/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/loader/LoaderTask.kt
index e9a8e3d..3c684e0 100644
--- a/node_modules/expo-updates/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/loader/LoaderTask.kt
+++ b/node_modules/expo-updates/android/src/main/java/expo/modules/updates/loader/LoaderTask.kt
@@ -296,14 +296,13 @@ class LoaderTask(
       ) {
         try {
           val embeddedLoader = EmbeddedLoader(context, configuration, logger, database, directory)
-          val result = embeddedLoader.load { updateResponse ->
+          embeddedLoader.load { _ ->
             Loader.OnUpdateResponseLoadedResult(shouldDownloadManifestIfPresentInResponse = true)
           }
-          launcher.launch(database)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
           logger.error("Unexpected error copying embedded update", e, UpdatesErrorCode.Unknown)
-          launcher.launch(database)
         }
+        launcher.launch(database)
       } else {
         launcher.launch(database)
       }
diff --git a/node_modules/expo-updates/ios/EXUpdates/Update/ExpoUpdatesUpdate.swift b/node_modules/expo-updates/ios/EXUpdates/Update/ExpoUpdatesUpdate.swift
index 68086bd..78c7761 100644
--- a/node_modules/expo-updates/ios/EXUpdates/Update/ExpoUpdatesUpdate.swift
+++ b/node_modules/expo-updates/ios/EXUpdates/Update/ExpoUpdatesUpdate.swift
@@ -78,13 +78,20 @@ public final class ExpoUpdatesUpdate: Update {
       status = UpdateStatus.StatusPending
     }
 
+    // Instead of relying on various hacks to get the correct format for the specific
+    // platform on the backend, we can just add this little patch..
+    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
+    dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
+    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
+    let date = dateFormatter.date(from:commitTime) ?? RCTConvert.nsDate(commitTime)!
+
     return Update(
       manifest: manifest,
       config: config,
       database: database,
       updateId: uuid,
       scopeKey: config.scopeKey,
-      commitTime: RCTConvert.nsDate(commitTime),
+      commitTime: date,
       runtimeVersion: runtimeVersion,
       keep: true,
       status: status,