diff --git a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
index 8c67b9eb3..bb2a428d8 100644
--- a/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
+++ b/apps/edr-freight-web/backoffice/src/components/ruleEngine/RuleEngineFormDialog.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { DateInput } from "@mantine/dates";
 import { Loader2, Plus, Trash2 } from "lucide-react";
 import {
   ActionIcon,
@@ -162,16 +163,6 @@ const inputStyles = {
   label: { fontWeight: 600, marginBottom: 6, color: "var(--mantine-color-gray-8)" },
 } as const;
 
-const FieldLabel = ({ label, required }: { label: string; required?: boolean }) => (
-  <Group gap={4} wrap="nowrap">
-    <span>{label}</span>
-    {required ? (
-      <Text component="span" c="red" size="sm">
-        *
-      </Text>
-    ) : null}
-  </Group>
-);
 
 const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
   open,
@@ -405,7 +396,11 @@ const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
       );
     }
 
-    const label = <FieldLabel label={field.label} required={field.required} />;
+    // A plain string, so Mantine renders the label and its required asterisk
+    // itself. Passing an element here put a flex box inside the <label>,
+    // which added a line of dead space above every input and bumped
+    // Mantine's own asterisk onto a line of its own.
+    const label = field.label;
 
     if (field.type === "tierList") {
       const rows = Array.isArray(values[field.name])
@@ -513,6 +508,7 @@ const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
         <MultiSelect
           key={field.name}
           label={label}
+          withAsterisk={field.required}
           description={field.description}
           placeholder={
             selectOptionsLoading
@@ -602,6 +598,31 @@ const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
       );
     }
 
+    if (field.type === "date") {
+      const raw = String(values[field.name] ?? "");
+      return (
+        <DateInput
+          key={field.name}
+          label={label}
+          description={field.description}
+          placeholder="Select date"
+          // Mantine's DateValue accepts a `YYYY-MM-DD` string, which is exactly
+          // what the API's date columns take — so the value passes straight
+          // through with no Date round-trip, and none of the UTC-parsing shift
+          // that `new Date("2026-01-01")` would introduce east of Greenwich.
+          value={raw || null}
+          onChange={(v) => setField(field.name, v ?? "")}
+          disabled={field.disabled || (field.disabledOnEdit && !!initialRecord)}
+          required={field.required}
+          error={fieldErrors[field.name] || undefined}
+          clearable
+          size="md"
+          radius="md"
+          styles={inputStyles}
+        />
+      );
+    }
+
     const isNumber = field.type === "number";
     const computed = field.computeValue ? field.computeValue(values) : undefined;
 
@@ -610,7 +631,7 @@ const RuleEngineFormDialog = ({
         key={field.name}
         label={label}
         description={field.description}
-        type={isNumber ? "number" : field.type === "date" ? "date" : "text"}
+        type={isNumber ? "number" : "text"}
         // Every rule-engine number (sizes, capacities, counts, points, rates,
         // display order) is a non-negative magnitude — reject negatives outright
         // rather than letting a typed "-" reach the API.