diff --git a/sqlite/lib/SQLiteService.js b/sqlite/lib/SQLiteService.js
index deab9fabe..731fe10ee 100644
--- a/sqlite/lib/SQLiteService.js
+++ b/sqlite/lib/SQLiteService.js
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class SQLiteService extends SQLService {
       ...super.InputConverters,
       // The following allows passing in ISO strings with non-zulu
       // timezones and converts them into zulu dates and times
-      Date: e => e === '?' ? e : `strftime('%Y-%m-%d',${e})`,
+      Date: e => `strftime('%Y-%m-%d',${e})`,
       Time: e => e === '?' ? e : `strftime('%H:%M:%S',${e})`,
       // Both, DateTimes and Timestamps are canonicalized to ISO strings with
       // ms precision to allow safe comparisons, also to query {val}s in where clauses
diff --git a/test/compliance/UPDATE.test.js b/test/compliance/UPDATE.test.js
index 8c90cb110..696ab1d89 100644
--- a/test/compliance/UPDATE.test.js
+++ b/test/compliance/UPDATE.test.js
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ describe('UPDATE', () => {
     })
   })
 
+
+  test('Date object for Date field', async () => {
+    const { date } = cds.entities('basic.literals')
+    await UPDATE(date).with({date: new Date("2025-01-02")})
+
+    const result = await SELECT.from(date)
+    expect(result.length).to.eq(1)
+    expect(result[0].date).to.be.equal('2025-01-02')
+  })
+
   describe('where', () => {
     test('flat with or on key', async () => {
       const insert = await cds.run(
diff --git a/test/compliance/resources/db/data/basic.literals-date.csv b/test/compliance/resources/db/data/basic.literals-date.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7aaf16753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compliance/resources/db/data/basic.literals-date.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+date;
+1970-02-02;
\ No newline at end of file