diff --git a/libs/core-scanner/src/pages/sitemap-xml.ts b/libs/core-scanner/src/pages/sitemap-xml.ts
index a0b0ab36..28f87303 100644
--- a/libs/core-scanner/src/pages/sitemap-xml.ts
+++ b/libs/core-scanner/src/pages/sitemap-xml.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export const createSitemapXmlScanner = (
         sitemapResponse,
         sitemapText,
         sitemapPage,
+        logger,
       ),
     };
   };
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const buildSitemapResult = async (
   sitemapResponse: HTTPResponse,
   sitemapText: string,
   sitemapPage: Page,
+  logger: Logger,
 ): Promise<SitemapXmlScan> => {
   const sitemapUrl = new URL(sitemapResponse.url());
   const sitemapLive = isLive(sitemapResponse);
@@ -63,19 +65,13 @@ const buildSitemapResult = async (
           sitemapXmlFinalUrlFilesize: Buffer.byteLength(sitemapText, 'utf-8'),
           sitemapXmlCount: await getUrlCount(sitemapPage),
           sitemapXmlPdfCount: getPdfCount(sitemapText),
-          sitemapXmlLastMod: getLastModDate(sitemapText),
+          sitemapXmlLastMod: await getLastModDate(sitemapText, sitemapPage, logger),
           sitemapXmlPageHash: await getPageMd5Hash(sitemapPage),
         }
       : {}),
   };
 };
 
-function getLastModDate(sitemapText: string) {
-  const re = /<lastmod>(.*?)<\/lastmod>/g;
-  const matches = [...sitemapText.matchAll(re)];
-  return matches.length > 0 ? matches[matches.length - 1][1] : null;
-}
-
 const getUrlCount = async (page: Page) => {
   const urlCount = await page.evaluate(() => {
     const urls = [...document.getElementsByTagName('url')];
@@ -90,3 +86,160 @@ const getPdfCount = (sitemapText: string) => {
   const occurrenceCount = [...sitemapText.matchAll(re)].length;
   return occurrenceCount;
 };
+
+/**
+ * Date formats to try when parsing dates.
+ * Each format is represented by a regex and a parser function.
+ */
+const dateFormats = [
+  // Try MM/DD/YYYY (e.g., 02/20/2025)
+  { regex: /^(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{4})$/, parser: (m: RegExpMatchArray) => new Date(`${m[3]}-${m[1].padStart(2, '0')}-${m[2].padStart(2, '0')}`) },
+  // Try DD/MM/YYYY (e.g., 20/02/2025)
+  { regex: /^(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{4})$/, parser: (m: RegExpMatchArray) => new Date(`${m[3]}-${m[2].padStart(2, '0')}-${m[1].padStart(2, '0')}`) },
+  // Try YYYY-MM-DD (e.g., 2025-02-20)
+  { regex: /^(\d{4})-(\d{1,2})-(\d{1,2})$/, parser: (m: RegExpMatchArray) => new Date(`${m[1]}-${m[2].padStart(2, '0')}-${m[3].padStart(2, '0')}`) },
+  // Try (2025-02-20T01:00:02-05:00)
+  { regex: /^(\d{4})-(\d{1,2})-(\d{1,2})T(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2})([-+]\d{2}:\d{2})$/, parser: (m: RegExpMatchArray) => new Date(`${m[1]}-${m[2].padStart(2, '0')}-${m[3].padStart(2, '0')}T${m[4].padStart(2, '0')}:${m[5].padStart(2, '0')}:${m[6].padStart(2, '0')}${m[7]}`) },
+];
+
+/**
+ * Gets the last modification date from the sitemap XML.
+ *
+ * @param sitemapText The text content of the sitemap XML
+ * @param sitemapPage The Puppeteer page object for the sitemap
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns The last modification date as a string or null if not found
+ */
+async function getLastModDate(sitemapText: string, sitemapPage: Page, logger: Logger) {
+  if (!sitemapText || !sitemapPage) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  let dates = getModDatesByLastmodTag(sitemapText);
+  if (!dates) {
+    dates = await getModDatesByTDTag(sitemapPage, logger);
+  }
+  if (!dates || dates.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const parsedDates = convertStringsToDates(dates, logger);
+
+  const mostRecentDate = getMostRecentDate(parsedDates, logger);
+
+  logger.info({sitemapXmlLastMod: mostRecentDate.toISOString()}, `Most recent date found: ${mostRecentDate.toISOString()}`);
+  return mostRecentDate.toISOString();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Converts an array of date strings to Date objects.
+ *
+ * @param dates An array of strings representing dates
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns An array of Date objects
+ */
+function convertStringsToDates(dates: string[], logger: Logger): Date[] {
+  return dates.map(date => parseDate(date, logger));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Finds the most recent date from an array of Date objects.
+ *
+ * @param dates An array of Date objects
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns The most recent Date object or null if the array is empty
+ */
+function getMostRecentDate(dates: Date[], logger: Logger): Date | null {
+  return dates.sort((a, b) => b.getTime() - a.getTime())[0];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks if a string is a valid date format.
+ *
+ * @param dateStr The string to check
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns True if the string is a valid date format, false otherwise
+ */
+function isDate(dateStr: string, logger: Logger): boolean {
+  for (const { regex, parser } of dateFormats) {
+    const match = dateStr.match(regex);
+    if (match) {
+      const date = parser(match);
+      return !isNaN(date.getTime());
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts modification dates from the sitemap XML using <lastmod> tags.
+ *
+ * @param sitemapText The text content of the sitemap XML
+ * @returns An array of modification dates as strings or null if not found
+ */
+function getModDatesByLastmodTag(sitemapText: string): string[] | null {
+  const re = /<lastmod>\s*(.*?)\s*<\/lastmod>/g;
+  const matches = [...sitemapText.matchAll(re)];
+  if (matches.length > 0) {
+    return matches.map(match => match[1]);
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts modification dates from the sitemap XML using <td> tags.
+ *
+ * @param sitemapPage The Puppeteer page object for the sitemap
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns An array of modification dates as strings or null if not found
+ */
+async function getModDatesByTDTag(sitemapPage: Page, logger: Logger): Promise<string[] | null> {
+  const tdTexts = await sitemapPage.$$eval('td', (tds) =>
+    tds.map(td => td.textContent?.trim()).filter(text => text !== undefined)
+  );
+  if (!tdTexts || tdTexts.length === 0) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  const modDates = tdTexts.map(text => text.trim()).filter(text => isDate(text, logger));
+  const parsedDates = modDates.map(date => parseDate(date, logger));
+  const stringDates = parsedDates.map(date => date.toISOString());
+
+  return stringDates.length > 0 ? stringDates : null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a date string into a Date object.
+ *
+ * @param dateStr The date string to parse
+ * @param logger A logger instance for logging
+ * @returns The parsed Date object or a fallback date if parsing fails
+ */
+function parseDate(dateStr: string, logger: Logger): Date {
+  const isoDate = new Date(dateStr);
+  if (!isNaN(isoDate.getTime())) {
+    return isoDate;
+  }
+
+  const fallbackDate = parseFallbackDate(dateStr);
+  if (fallbackDate) {
+    return fallbackDate;
+  }
+
+  return new Date(0);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a date string using fallback formats.
+ *
+ * @param dateStr The date string to parse
+ * @returns The parsed Date object or null if parsing fails
+ */
+function parseFallbackDate(dateStr: string): Date | null {
+  for (const { regex, parser } of dateFormats) {
+    const match = dateStr.match(regex);
+    if (match) {
+      return parser(match);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return null;
+}