diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/utility/faker/helpers.py b/network-api/networkapi/utility/faker/helpers.py
index b7a627e32a1..5b99fc4ab0d 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/utility/faker/helpers.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/utility/faker/helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import random
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from itertools import chain, combinations
 from typing import Union
 
@@ -97,3 +98,15 @@ def get_random_objects(
 
     primary_keys_slice = primary_keys[:return_max]
     return queryset.filter(pk__in=primary_keys_slice)
+
+
+def get_random_date():
+    base = datetime(2024, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    random_date = base - timedelta(
+        days=random.randint(0, 365 * 3),
+        hours=random.randint(0, 24),
+        minutes=random.randint(0, 60),
+        seconds=random.randint(0, 60),
+    )
+
+    return random_date
diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/factory/publication.py b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/factory/publication.py
index 6dbc052f5c9..c709ce7df2e 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/factory/publication.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/wagtailpages/factory/publication.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from datetime import timezone
+from datetime import timedelta
 from random import randint, random, shuffle
 
 from django.conf import settings
 from factory import Faker, SubFactory, post_generation
 from wagtail_factories import ImageFactory, PageFactory
 
-from networkapi.utility.faker.helpers import get_homepage, reseed
+from networkapi.utility.faker.helpers import get_homepage, get_random_date, reseed
 from networkapi.wagtailpages.factory.documents import DocumentFactory
 from networkapi.wagtailpages.models import ArticlePage, Profile, PublicationPage
 from networkapi.wagtailpages.pagemodels.publications.article import ArticleAuthors
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class PublicationPageFactory(PageFactory):
     title = Faker("text", max_nb_chars=120)
     subtitle = Faker("text", max_nb_chars=250)
     secondary_subtitle = Faker("text", max_nb_chars=250)
-    publication_date = Faker("date_object")
+    publication_date = get_random_date()
     hero_image = SubFactory(ImageFactory)
     publication_file = SubFactory(DocumentFactory)
     intro_notes = Faker("sentence")
@@ -50,14 +50,10 @@ class Meta:
     hero_image = SubFactory(ImageFactory)
     subtitle = Faker("text", max_nb_chars=250)
     secondary_subtitle = Faker("text", max_nb_chars=250)
-    publication_date = Faker("date_object")
+    publication_date = get_random_date()
     article_file = SubFactory(DocumentFactory)
     body = Faker("streamfield", fields=article_body_streamfield_fields)
-    first_published_at = (
-        Faker("date_time", tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-        if RANDOM_SEED and not TESTING
-        else Faker("past_datetime", start_date="-30d", tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-    )
+    first_published_at = publication_date - timedelta(days=10)
     search_description = Faker("paragraph", nb_sentences=5, variable_nb_sentences=True)
     live = True