diff --git a/app/models/form_handler.rb b/app/models/form_handler.rb
index 646d1e5bf..c080e6e9b 100644
--- a/app/models/form_handler.rb
+++ b/app/models/form_handler.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class FormHandler
   end
 
   def current_collection_start_date
-    Time.utc(current_collection_start_year, 4, 5)
+    Time.utc(current_collection_start_year, 4, 1)
   end
 
   def form_name_from_start_year(year, type)
diff --git a/spec/models/form_handler_spec.rb b/spec/models/form_handler_spec.rb
index 5b7ba0a2b..c6a47c107 100644
--- a/spec/models/form_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/form_handler_spec.rb
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ RSpec.describe FormHandler do
       end
 
       it "returns the correct current start date" do
-        expect(form_handler.current_collection_start_date).to eq(Time.utc(2022, 4, 5))
+        expect(form_handler.current_collection_start_date).to eq(Time.utc(2022, 4, 1))
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
index acf1803f4..feeae2b99 100644
--- a/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/locations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ RSpec.describe LocationsController, type: :request do
 
         it "displays the new page with an error message" do
           expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
-          expect(page).to have_content(I18n.t("validations.location.deactivation_date.out_of_range", date: "5 April 2022"))
+          expect(page).to have_content(I18n.t("validations.location.deactivation_date.out_of_range", date: "1 April 2022"))
         end
       end