diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 372242a51bc..462e384ad91 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 ## stream-chat-android-ui-common
 ### 🐞 Fixed
+- Fix wrong timestamp used for the initial loading of pinned messages in `PinnedMessageListController`. [#5483](https://github.com/GetStream/stream-chat-android/pull/5483)
 
 ### ⬆️ Improved
 
diff --git a/stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/pinned/PinnedMessageListController.kt b/stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/pinned/PinnedMessageListController.kt
index 3de8aa44bee..622b849e57b 100644
--- a/stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/pinned/PinnedMessageListController.kt
+++ b/stream-chat-android-ui-common/src/main/kotlin/io/getstream/chat/android/ui/common/feature/pinned/PinnedMessageListController.kt
@@ -54,19 +54,12 @@ public class PinnedMessageListController(
     private companion object {
 
         private const val QUERY_LIMIT = 30
-
-        private val INITIAL_STATE = PinnedMessageListState(
-            results = emptyList(),
-            isLoading = true,
-            canLoadMore = true,
-            nextDate = Date(),
-        )
     }
 
     /**
      * Exposes the current pinned messages list state.
      */
-    private val _state: MutableStateFlow<PinnedMessageListState> = MutableStateFlow(INITIAL_STATE)
+    private val _state: MutableStateFlow<PinnedMessageListState> = MutableStateFlow(initialState())
     public val state: StateFlow<PinnedMessageListState>
         get() = _state
 
@@ -85,6 +78,8 @@ public class PinnedMessageListController(
      */
     public fun load() {
         scope.launch {
+            // Ensure the state is updated with the current date(timestamp) for initial loading
+            _state.value = initialState()
             loadPinnedMessages()
         }
     }
@@ -130,6 +125,7 @@ public class PinnedMessageListController(
                     )
                 }
             }
+
             is Result.Failure -> {
                 logger.d { "Loading pinned messages failed: ${result.value.message}" }
                 _state.update { current ->
@@ -147,11 +143,20 @@ public class PinnedMessageListController(
                 logger.d { "No more messages to load" }
                 false
             }
+
             currentState.isLoading -> {
                 logger.d { "Already loading" }
                 false
             }
+
             else -> true
         }
     }
+
+    private fun initialState() = PinnedMessageListState(
+        results = emptyList(),
+        isLoading = true,
+        canLoadMore = true,
+        nextDate = Date(),
+    )
 }