diff --git a/multisrc/overrides/madara/manhwa18cc/src/Manhwa18CcFactory.kt b/multisrc/overrides/madara/manhwa18cc/src/Manhwa18CcFactory.kt
index 1812c79c1..f711d2e0d 100644
--- a/multisrc/overrides/madara/manhwa18cc/src/Manhwa18CcFactory.kt
+++ b/multisrc/overrides/madara/manhwa18cc/src/Manhwa18CcFactory.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.Page
 import okhttp3.Request
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.util.Locale
 
 class Manhwa18CcFactory : SourceFactory {
     override fun createSources(): List<Source> = listOf(
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class Manhwa18Cc(
     override val name: String,
     override val baseUrl: String,
     lang: String
-) : Madara(name, baseUrl, lang) {
+) : Madara(name, baseUrl, lang, SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy", Locale.US)) {
 
     override val useLoadMoreSearch = false
     override val fetchGenres = false
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ abstract class Manhwa18Cc(
 
     override fun chapterListSelector() = "li.wleft"
 
+    override fun chapterDateSelector() = "span.chapter-time"
+
     override val pageListParseSelector = "div.read-content img"
 
     override fun pageListParse(document: Document): List<Page> {
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/Madara.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/Madara.kt
index 79afa60a3..f68920e08 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/Madara.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/Madara.kt
@@ -792,6 +792,8 @@ abstract class Madara(
 
     override fun chapterListSelector() = "li.wp-manga-chapter"
 
+    protected open fun chapterDateSelector() = "span.chapter-release-date"
+
     open val chapterUrlSelector = "a"
 
     open val chapterUrlSuffix = "?style=list"
@@ -810,7 +812,7 @@ abstract class Madara(
             // Added "title" alternative
             chapter.date_upload = select("img:not(.thumb)").firstOrNull()?.attr("alt")?.let { parseRelativeDate(it) }
                 ?: select("span a").firstOrNull()?.attr("title")?.let { parseRelativeDate(it) }
-                ?: parseChapterDate(select("span.chapter-release-date").firstOrNull()?.text())
+                ?: parseChapterDate(select(chapterDateSelector()).firstOrNull()?.text())
         }
 
         return chapter
diff --git a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/MadaraGenerator.kt b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/MadaraGenerator.kt
index 287f8aa9a..0f6b2ac4a 100644
--- a/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/MadaraGenerator.kt
+++ b/multisrc/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/multisrc/madara/MadaraGenerator.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class MadaraGenerator : ThemeSourceGenerator {
     override val sources = listOf(
         MultiLang("Leviatan Scans", "https://leviatanscans.com", listOf("en", "es"), className = "LeviatanScansFactory", overrideVersionCode = 9),
         MultiLang("MangaForFree.net", "https://mangaforfree.net", listOf("en", "ko", "all"), isNsfw = true, className = "MangaForFreeFactory", pkgName = "mangaforfree", overrideVersionCode = 1),
-        MultiLang("Manhwa18.cc", "https://manhwa18.cc", listOf("en", "ko", "all"), isNsfw = true, className = "Manhwa18CcFactory", pkgName = "manhwa18cc", overrideVersionCode = 1),
+        MultiLang("Manhwa18.cc", "https://manhwa18.cc", listOf("en", "ko", "all"), isNsfw = true, className = "Manhwa18CcFactory", pkgName = "manhwa18cc", overrideVersionCode = 2),
         MultiLang("Reaper Scans", "https://reaperscans.com", listOf("en", "pt-BR", "fr", "id", "tr"), className = "ReaperScansFactory", pkgName = "reaperscans", overrideVersionCode = 5),
         MultiLang("Seven King Scanlation", "https://sksubs.net", listOf("es", "en"), isNsfw = true),
         MultiLang("YugenMangas", "https://yugenmangas.com", listOf("es", "pt-BR"), overrideVersionCode = 2),