diff --git a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
index c339e68ca2aa93098b1e985139f347d17d14791f..c1a57e401de3feef5953511c768bbfe4a1447078 100644
--- a/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
+++ b/scripts/.sourcery.yaml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ rule_settings:
   - simplify-fstring-formatting
   - simplify-generator
   - use-assigned-variable
-  - use-datetime-now-not-today
 
   rule_types:
   - refactoring
diff --git a/scripts/generate_release_metadata.py b/scripts/generate_release_metadata.py
index 01752a767d9da1cd6f014829458ba6145e3e021f..cb601147e679d2b5e2420d968f3d69e90c5c76e9 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_release_metadata.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_release_metadata.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def generate_metadata(
     metadata["files"] = []
     metadata["version"] = version
     metadata["machine"] = machine
-    metadata["date"] = datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    metadata["date"] = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
 
     if install_script is not None:
         new_file = dict()