diff --git a/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModuleProperties.java b/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModuleProperties.java
index 41381e7e48e..e790ef9908a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModuleProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModuleProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package tech.jhipster.lite.module.domain.properties;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.util.Map;
 import tech.jhipster.lite.error.domain.Assert;
 import tech.jhipster.lite.module.domain.Indentation;
@@ -52,6 +54,15 @@ public String getOrDefaultString(String key, String defaultValue) {
     return parameters.getOrDefault(key, defaultValue, String.class, String::isBlank);
   }
 
+  public Instant getInstantOrDefault(String key, Instant defaultValue) {
+    String date = getOrDefaultString(key, defaultValue.toString());
+    try {
+      return Instant.parse(date);
+    } catch (DateTimeParseException ex) {
+      throw InvalidPropertyTypeException.builder().key(key).expectedType(Instant.class).actualType(String.class);
+    }
+  }
+
   public boolean getBoolean(String key) {
     return parameters.get(key, Boolean.class);
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModulePropertiesTest.java b/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModulePropertiesTest.java
index df409ba0ef4..89f912713ad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModulePropertiesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/tech/jhipster/lite/module/domain/properties/JHipsterModulePropertiesTest.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
@@ -14,6 +16,9 @@
 @UnitTest
 class JHipsterModulePropertiesTest {
 
+  private final Instant today = Instant.now();
+  private final Instant yesterday = Instant.now().minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
+
   @Nested
   @DisplayName("Mandatory String")
   class JHipsterModulePropertiesMandatoryStringTest {
@@ -145,6 +150,27 @@ void shouldGetProperty() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Nested
+  @DisplayName("Instant")
+  class JHipsterModulePropertiesInstantTest {
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(strings = { "string", "boolean", "integer" })
+    void shouldNotGetInvalidType(String key) {
+      assertThatThrownBy(() -> properties().getInstantOrDefault(key, today)).isExactlyInstanceOf(InvalidPropertyTypeException.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldGetProperty() {
+      assertThat(properties().getInstantOrDefault("instant", yesterday)).isEqualTo(today);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldGetUnknownProperty() {
+      assertThat(properties().getInstantOrDefault("unknown", yesterday)).isEqualTo(yesterday);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   void shouldGetDefaultProjectProperties() {
     JHipsterModuleProperties properties = properties();
@@ -156,6 +182,10 @@ void shouldGetDefaultProjectProperties() {
   }
 
   private JHipsterModuleProperties properties() {
-    return new JHipsterModuleProperties("/tmp/folder", false, Map.of("string", "value", "boolean", true, "integer", 42, "blank", " "));
+    return new JHipsterModuleProperties(
+      "/tmp/folder",
+      false,
+      Map.of("string", "value", "boolean", true, "integer", 42, "blank", " ", "instant", today.toString())
+    );
   }
 }