diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0206c5f..c793f7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ No breaking changes. The only changes are to the development dependencies used f
 
 ## Changes
 
+### 2.0.1 - 2023-05-16
+
+- Use model 'casts' property instead of the depricated `dates` property
+
 ### 2.0.0 - 2023-05-01
 
 - Add support for PHP 8.2
diff --git a/src/Models/RouteStatistic.php b/src/Models/RouteStatistic.php
index 6a4bda7..3f2e5bd 100644
--- a/src/Models/RouteStatistic.php
+++ b/src/Models/RouteStatistic.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class RouteStatistic extends Model implements RequestLoggerInterface
 
     public $timestamps = false;
 
-    protected $dates = [
-        'date',
+    protected $casts = [
+        'date' => 'datetime',
     ];
 
     //======================================================================