diff --git a/modules/update/update.css b/modules/update/update.css
index a020e96ad014f227ea06724283b7796639796d30..d6895a54a46e12041f4a6939d9c0629c248baf62 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.css
+++ b/modules/update/update.css
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
   padding-left: .5em; /* LTR */
 }
 
+.update .version-date {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
 .update .info {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 1em 1em .25em 1em;
diff --git a/modules/update/update.report.inc b/modules/update/update.report.inc
index 9d18b5706782f2e0a741f98c27f3498c20af68ad..77e9c2c68f6e724f8a7b20694e4b0464f3e1c61b 100644
--- a/modules/update/update.report.inc
+++ b/modules/update/update.report.inc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function theme_update_report($data) {
     }
     $row .= ' '. check_plain($project['existing_version']);
     if ($project['install_type'] == 'dev' && !empty($project['datestamp'])) {
-      $row .= ' ('. format_date($project['datestamp'], 'custom', 'Y-M-d') .') ';
+      $row .= ' <span class="version-date">('. format_date($project['datestamp'], 'custom', 'Y-M-d') .')</span>';
     }
     $row .= "</div>\n";
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function theme_update_version($version, $tag, $class) {
   $output .= '<td class="version-title">'. $tag ."</td>\n";
   $output .= '<td class="version-details">';
   $output .= l($version['version'], $version['release_link']);
-  $output .= ' ('. format_date($version['date'], 'custom', 'Y-M-d') .') ';
+  $output .= ' <span class="version-date">('. format_date($version['date'], 'custom', 'Y-M-d') .')</span>';
   $output .= "</td>\n";
   $output .= '<td class="version-links">';
   $links = array();