diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 442b57b..b0f649a 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### v0.1.28 - 13 March 2025
+
+- Replace deprecated (in Node.js 22) `util.isDate(val)` with `val instanceof Date`
+
 ### v0.1.27 - 27 Jun 2018
 
 - Handle objects & symbols causing crash in driver 'escapeVal' (#54)
diff --git a/lib/Dialects/mssql.js b/lib/Dialects/mssql.js
index 3a2702f..d5c4246 100644
--- a/lib/Dialects/mssql.js
+++ b/lib/Dialects/mssql.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-var util    = require("util");
 var helpers = require("../Helpers");
 
 exports.DataTypes = {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ exports.escapeVal = function (val, timeZone) {
 		return "(" + val.map(exports.escapeVal.bind(this)).join(", ") + ")";
 	}
 
-	if (util.isDate(val)) {
+	if (val instanceof Date) {
 		return "'" + helpers.dateToString(val, timeZone || "local", { dialect: 'mssql' }) + "'";
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Dialects/mysql.js b/lib/Dialects/mysql.js
index 239727a..7d8ec98 100644
--- a/lib/Dialects/mysql.js
+++ b/lib/Dialects/mysql.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-var util    = require("util");
 var helpers = require("../Helpers");
 
 exports.DataTypes = {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ exports.escapeVal = function (val, timeZone) {
 		return arrayToList(val, timeZone || "local");
 	}
 
-	if (util.isDate(val)) {
+	if (val instanceof Date) {
 		val = helpers.dateToString(val, timeZone || "local", { dialect: 'mysql' });
 	} else {
 		switch (typeof val) {
diff --git a/lib/Dialects/postgresql.js b/lib/Dialects/postgresql.js
index b2a269c..0a42d72 100644
--- a/lib/Dialects/postgresql.js
+++ b/lib/Dialects/postgresql.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-var util    = require("util");
 var helpers = require("../Helpers");
 
 exports.DataTypes = {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ exports.escapeVal = function (val, timeZone) {
 		return "(" + val.map(exports.escapeVal.bind(this)).join(", ") + ")";
 	}
 
-	if (util.isDate(val)) {
+	if (val instanceof Date) {
 		return "'" + helpers.dateToString(val, timeZone || "local", { dialect: 'postgresql' }) + "'";
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Dialects/sqlite.js b/lib/Dialects/sqlite.js
index 547d9f5..4ec0a34 100644
--- a/lib/Dialects/sqlite.js
+++ b/lib/Dialects/sqlite.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-var util    = require("util");
 var helpers = require("../Helpers");
 
-
 exports.DataTypes = {
 	isSQLITE: true,
 	id:      'INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT',
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@ exports.escapeVal = function (val, timeZone) {
 		return "(" + val.map(exports.escapeVal.bind(this)).join(", ") + ")";
 	}
 
-	if (util.isDate(val)) {
+	if (val instanceof Date) {
 		return "'" + helpers.dateToString(val, timeZone || "local", { dialect: 'sqlite' }) + "'";
 	}
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fc9ede4..27767b0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "sql-query",
-	"version": "0.1.27",
+	"version": "0.1.28",
 	"lockfileVersion": 1,
 	"requires": true,
 	"dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a765828..0d398d5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		"sql",
 		"query"
 	],
-	"version": "0.1.27",
+	"version": "0.1.28",
 	"license": "MIT",
 	"repository": {
 		"url": "http://github.com/dresende/node-sql-query"