diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 0661183101ab..33be8cb62fcd 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ const restrictedImportPaths = [
         name: '@styles/theme/illustrations',
         message: 'Do not import theme illustrations directly. Please use the `useThemeIllustrations` hook instead.',
     },
+    {
+        name: 'date-fns/locale',
+        message: "Do not import 'date-fns/locale' directly. Please use the submodule import instead, like 'date-fns/locale/en-GB'.",
+    },
 ];
 
 const restrictedImportPatterns = [
diff --git a/src/libs/DateUtils.ts b/src/libs/DateUtils.ts
index 6da5c8af1ff2..4d4f8d425681 100644
--- a/src/libs/DateUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/DateUtils.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import {
     subMinutes,
 } from 'date-fns';
 import {formatInTimeZone, format as tzFormat, utcToZonedTime, zonedTimeToUtc} from 'date-fns-tz';
-import {enGB, es} from 'date-fns/locale';
+import enGB from 'date-fns/locale/en-GB';
+import es from 'date-fns/locale/es';
 import throttle from 'lodash/throttle';
 import Onyx from 'react-native-onyx';
 import type {ValueOf} from 'type-fest';