diff --git a/dataconnect/app/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/example/dataconnect/ui/components/ReviewCard.kt b/dataconnect/app/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/example/dataconnect/ui/components/ReviewCard.kt
index bd0a8f9393..15676631d8 100644
--- a/dataconnect/app/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/example/dataconnect/ui/components/ReviewCard.kt
+++ b/dataconnect/app/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/example/dataconnect/ui/components/ReviewCard.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.google.firebase.example.dataconnect.ui.components
 
+import android.os.Build
 import android.widget.Space
 import androidx.compose.foundation.background
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
@@ -17,17 +18,17 @@ import androidx.compose.ui.semantics.text
 import androidx.compose.ui.text.font.FontWeight
 import androidx.compose.ui.tooling.preview.Preview
 import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.LocalDate
+import com.google.firebase.dataconnect.toJavaLocalDate
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
-import java.time.LocalDate
-import java.time.LocalDateTime
-import java.util.Date
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import java.util.Locale
 
 
 @Composable
 fun ReviewCard(
     userName: String,
-    date: Date,
+    date: LocalDate,
     rating: Double,
     text: String,
     movieName: String? = null
@@ -55,10 +56,23 @@ fun ReviewCard(
                 modifier = Modifier.padding(bottom = 8.dp)
             ) {
                 Text(
-                    text = SimpleDateFormat(
-                        "dd MMM, yyyy",
-                        Locale.getDefault()
-                    ).format(date),
+                    text =
+                        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
+                            val dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd MMM, yyyy", Locale.getDefault())
+                            date.toJavaLocalDate().format(dateFormatter)
+                        } else {
+                            val parseableDateString = date.run {
+                                val year = "$year".padStart(4, '0')
+                                val month = "$month".padStart(2, '0')
+                                val day = "$day".padStart(2, '0')
+                                "$year-$month-$day"
+                            }
+                            val dateParser = SimpleDateFormat("y-M-d", Locale.US)
+                            val parsedDate = dateParser.parse(parseableDateString) ?:
+                              throw Exception("INTERNAL ERROR: unparseable date string: $parseableDateString")
+                            val dateFormatter = SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM, yyyy", Locale.getDefault())
+                            dateFormatter.format(parsedDate)
+                        },
                     style = MaterialTheme.typography.titleMedium
                 )
                 Spacer(modifier = Modifier.width(8.dp))
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 00284342f5..ef6ed05e45 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 agp = "8.7.2"
 coilCompose = "2.7.0"
 firebaseAuth = "23.1.0"
-firebaseDataConnect = "16.0.0-beta02"
+firebaseDataConnect = "16.0.0-beta03"
 kotlin = "2.0.21"
 coreKtx = "1.13.1"
 junit = "4.13.2"