diff --git a/awswrangler/athena/_read.py b/awswrangler/athena/_read.py
index 7e6c519a8..296186081 100644
--- a/awswrangler/athena/_read.py
+++ b/awswrangler/athena/_read.py
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ def _fix_csv_types(df: pd.DataFrame, parse_dates: List[str], binaries: List[str]
     """Apply data types cast to a Pandas DataFrames."""
     if len(df.index) > 0:
         for col in parse_dates:
-            try:
+            if pd.api.types.is_datetime64_any_dtype(df[col]):
                 df[col] = df[col].dt.date.replace(to_replace={pd.NaT: None})
-            except AttributeError:
+            else:
                 df[col] = (
                     df[col].replace(to_replace={pd.NaT: None}).apply(lambda x: date.fromisoformat(x) if x else None)
                 )
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_athena.py b/tests/unit/test_athena.py
index 3bdaf149d..87434904a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_athena.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_athena.py
@@ -1401,4 +1401,4 @@ def test_athena_date_recovery(path, glue_database, glue_table):
         database=glue_database,
         ctas_approach=False,
     )
-    assert df.equals(df2)
+    assert pandas_equals(df, df2)