diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f7529b728..ba25b7d588 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Improvements
+
+- Reduce unboxing in `DateUtils.nanosToDate` ([#5523](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5523))
+
 ## 8.43.2
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DateUtils.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DateUtils.java
index f7c46844ed..5e55512ae7 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DateUtils.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/DateUtils.java
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ public static double nanosToMillis(final double nanos) {
    * @return date rounded down to milliseconds
    */
   public static Date nanosToDate(final long nanos) {
-    final Double millis = nanosToMillis((double) nanos);
-    return getDateTime(millis.longValue());
+    final double millis = nanosToMillis((double) nanos);
+    return getDateTime((long) millis);
   }
 
   public static @Nullable Date toUtilDate(final @Nullable SentryDate sentryDate) {