diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json b/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
index d0a2b9bb..9b3a6995 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "redux-thunk": "^2.3.0",
     "sanitize-filename": "^1.6.1",
     "semaphore": "^1.0.5",
-    "toml-j0.4": "^1.1.1",
+    "@iarna/toml": "2.2.3",
     "tomlify-j0.4": "^3.0.0-alpha.0",
     "url": "^0.11.0",
     "what-input": "^5.1.4"
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/__tests__/frontmatter.spec.js b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/__tests__/frontmatter.spec.js
index 1c04964b..246f44bb 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/__tests__/frontmatter.spec.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/__tests__/frontmatter.spec.js
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@ describe('Frontmatter', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should parse TOML with 0.5 style dates', () => {
+    expect(
+      FrontmatterInfer.fromFile('+++\ntitle = "TOML"\ndate = 2018-12-24\n+++\nContent'),
+    ).toEqual({
+      title: 'TOML',
+      date: new Date('2018-12-24T00:00:00.000Z'),
+      body: 'Content',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should parse TOML with +++ delimiters when it is explicitly set as the format without a custom delimiter', () => {
     expect(
       frontmatterTOML('~~~').fromFile(
diff --git a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/toml.js b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/toml.js
index 7741bb4b..9a228f14 100644
--- a/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/toml.js
+++ b/packages/netlify-cms-core/src/formats/toml.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import toml from 'toml-j0.4';
+import toml from '@iarna/toml';
 import tomlify from 'tomlify-j0.4';
 import moment from 'moment';
 import AssetProxy from 'ValueObjects/AssetProxy';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f7ff249c..a091a09e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -981,6 +981,11 @@
     unique-filename "^1.1.1"
     which "^1.3.1"
 
+"@iarna/toml@2.2.3":
+  version "2.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@iarna/toml/-/toml-2.2.3.tgz#f060bf6eaafae4d56a7dac618980838b0696e2ab"
+  integrity sha512-FmuxfCuolpLl0AnQ2NHSzoUKWEJDFl63qXjzdoWBVyFCXzMGm1spBzk7LeHNoVCiWCF7mRVms9e6jEV9+MoPbg==
+
 "@jest/console@^24.7.1":
   version "24.7.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@jest/console/-/console-24.7.1.tgz#32a9e42535a97aedfe037e725bd67e954b459545"
@@ -12205,11 +12210,6 @@ toidentifier@1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toidentifier/-/toidentifier-1.0.0.tgz#7e1be3470f1e77948bc43d94a3c8f4d7752ba553"
   integrity sha512-yaOH/Pk/VEhBWWTlhI+qXxDFXlejDGcQipMlyxda9nthulaxLZUNcUqFxokp0vcYnvteJln5FNQDRrxj3YcbVw==
 
-toml-j0.4@^1.1.1:
-  version "1.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toml-j0.4/-/toml-j0.4-1.1.1.tgz#eb0c70348609a0263bb1d6e4a3dd191dcca60866"
-  integrity sha512-lYK5otg0+cto8YmsWcPEfeiTiC/VU6P6HA6ooaYI9K/KYT24Jg0BrYtRZK1K3cwakSMyh6nttfJL9RmQH0gyCg==
-
 tomlify-j0.4@^3.0.0-alpha.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tomlify-j0.4/-/tomlify-j0.4-3.0.0.tgz#99414d45268c3a3b8bf38be82145b7bba34b7473"