diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f63bf667..5d5a4c9d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.6.7</version>
+				<version>1.6.13</version>
 				<extensions>true</extensions>
 				<configuration>
 					<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
diff --git a/rsql-common/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLVisitorBase.java b/rsql-common/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLVisitorBase.java
index d7c5d000..2f78f765 100644
--- a/rsql-common/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLVisitorBase.java
+++ b/rsql-common/src/main/java/io/github/perplexhub/rsql/RSQLVisitorBase.java
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package io.github.perplexhub.rsql;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.*;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-import java.time.LocalDateTime;
-import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.time.*;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -80,6 +77,8 @@ protected Object convert(String source, Class targetType) {
 				object = Boolean.valueOf(source);
 			} else if (targetType.isEnum()) {
 				object = Enum.valueOf(targetType, source);
+			} else if (targetType.equals(Instant.class)) {
+				object = Instant.parse(source);
 			} else {
 				Constructor<?> cons = (Constructor<?>) targetType.getConstructor(new Class<?>[] { String.class });
 				object = cons.newInstance(new Object[] { source });