diff --git a/runtime/query.go b/runtime/query.go
index fe634174b85..93fb09922fb 100644
--- a/runtime/query.go
+++ b/runtime/query.go
@@ -291,7 +291,11 @@ func parseMessage(msgDescriptor protoreflect.MessageDescriptor, value string) (p
 		if err != nil {
 			return protoreflect.Value{}, err
 		}
-		msg = timestamppb.New(t)
+		timestamp := timestamppb.New(t)
+		if ok := timestamp.IsValid(); !ok {
+			return protoreflect.Value{}, fmt.Errorf("%s before 0001-01-01", value)
+		}
+		msg = timestamp
 	case "google.protobuf.Duration":
 		d, err := time.ParseDuration(value)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/runtime/query_test.go b/runtime/query_test.go
index 16c11e946f3..5dfbbf5a34c 100644
--- a/runtime/query_test.go
+++ b/runtime/query_test.go
@@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ func TestPopulateParameters(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    &examplepb.Proto3Message{},
 			wanterr: errors.New("invalid path: \"repeated_message\" is not a message"),
 		},
+		{
+			values: url.Values{
+				"timestampValue": {"0000-01-01T00:00:00.00Z"},
+			},
+			filter: utilities.NewDoubleArray(nil),
+			want:    &examplepb.Proto3Message{},
+			wanterr: errors.New(`parsing field "timestamp_value": 0000-01-01T00:00:00.00Z before 0001-01-01`),
+		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(strconv.Itoa(i), func(t *testing.T) {
 			msg := spec.want.ProtoReflect().New().Interface()