diff --git a/matlab/dynare_config.m b/matlab/dynare_config.m
index c0b5c4294c6f40a04428a9a2b52b748d92f3bbfd..2d2ac9df9279cff110888e08c339a59fdfa56006 100644
--- a/matlab/dynare_config.m
+++ b/matlab/dynare_config.m
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ if verbose
 end
 
 % Save empty dates and dseries objects (necessary if a mod file is not preprocessed).
-dates('initialize');
+initialize_dates_toolbox;
 dseries('initialize');
 
 cd(origin);
diff --git a/matlab/modules/dates b/matlab/modules/dates
index 6374a597d9cb4e24f2083229d58ba4e15642779d..0281ffe73505741e643316bbf8800e03eb894cf2 160000
--- a/matlab/modules/dates
+++ b/matlab/modules/dates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6374a597d9cb4e24f2083229d58ba4e15642779d
+Subproject commit 0281ffe73505741e643316bbf8800e03eb894cf2