diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Communication/ActorStateResponse.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Communication/ActorStateResponse.cs
index 1a990ce46..e60878b6a 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Communication/ActorStateResponse.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Communication/ActorStateResponse.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ internal class ActorStateResponse<T>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="value">The response value.</param>
         /// <param name="ttlExpireTime">The time to live expiration time.</param>
-        public ActorStateResponse(T value, DateTime? ttlExpireTime)
+        public ActorStateResponse(T value, DateTimeOffset? ttlExpireTime)
         {
             this.Value = value;
             this.TTLExpireTime = ttlExpireTime;
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ public ActorStateResponse(T value, DateTime? ttlExpireTime)
         /// <value>
         /// The time to live expiration time.
         /// </value>
-        public DateTime? TTLExpireTime { get; }
+        public DateTimeOffset? TTLExpireTime { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateChange.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateChange.cs
index 18c7eaac1..32a3ca7fe 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateChange.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateChange.cs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public sealed class ActorStateChange
         /// <param name="value">The value associated with given actor state name.</param>
         /// <param name="changeKind">The kind of state change for given actor state name.</param>
         /// <param name="ttlExpireTime">The time to live for the state.</param>
-        public ActorStateChange(string stateName, Type type, object value, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTime? ttlExpireTime)
+        public ActorStateChange(string stateName, Type type, object value, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTimeOffset? ttlExpireTime)
         {
             ArgumentVerifier.ThrowIfNull(stateName, nameof(stateName));
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public ActorStateChange(string stateName, Type type, object value, StateChangeKi
         /// <remarks>
         /// If null, the state will not expire.
         /// </remarks>
-        public DateTime? TTLExpireTime { get; }
+        public DateTimeOffset? TTLExpireTime { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the time to live in seconds for the state.
diff --git a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateManager.cs b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateManager.cs
index aa5b62376..f6c561566 100644
--- a/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateManager.cs
+++ b/src/Dapr.Actors/Runtime/ActorStateManager.cs
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ private Dictionary<string, StateMetadata> GetContextualStateTracker()
 
         private sealed class StateMetadata
         {
-            private StateMetadata(object value, Type type, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTime? ttlExpireTime = null, int? ttlInSeconds = null)
+            private StateMetadata(object value, Type type, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTimeOffset? ttlExpireTime = null, int? ttlInSeconds = null)
             {
                 this.Value = value;
                 this.Type = type;
@@ -551,9 +551,9 @@ private StateMetadata(object value, Type type, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateT
 
             public Type Type { get; }
 
-            public DateTime? TTLExpireTime { get; set; }
+            public DateTimeOffset? TTLExpireTime { get; set; }
 
-            public static StateMetadata Create<T>(T value, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTime? ttlExpireTime = null, int? ttlInSeconds = null)
+            public static StateMetadata Create<T>(T value, StateChangeKind changeKind, DateTimeOffset? ttlExpireTime = null, int? ttlInSeconds = null)
             {
                 return new StateMetadata(value, typeof(T), changeKind, ttlExpireTime, ttlInSeconds);
             }