diff --git a/auto_database_backup/__manifest__.py b/auto_database_backup/__manifest__.py
index a7fbad51e..d860c931b 100644
--- a/auto_database_backup/__manifest__.py
+++ b/auto_database_backup/__manifest__.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 {
     'name': "Automatic Database Backup To Local Server, Remote Server,"
             "Google Drive, Dropbox, Onedrive, Nextcloud and Amazon S3",
-    'version': '16.0.5.0.1',
+    'version': '16.0.5.0.2',
     'live_test_url': 'https://youtu.be/Q2yMZyYjuTI',
     'category': 'Extra Tools',
     'summary': 'Odoo Database Backup, Automatic Backup, Database Backup, Automatic Backup,Database auto-backup, odoo backup'
diff --git a/auto_database_backup/models/db_backup_configure.py b/auto_database_backup/models/db_backup_configure.py
index 51fc62f6c..3db4a276b 100644
--- a/auto_database_backup/models/db_backup_configure.py
+++ b/auto_database_backup/models/db_backup_configure.py
@@ -662,9 +662,17 @@ class DbBackupConfigure(models.Model):
                     if rec.auto_remove:
                         files = ftp_server.nlst()
                         for file in files:
-                            create_time = fields.datetime.strptime(
-                                ftp_server.sendcmd('MDTM ' + file)[4:],
-                                "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+                            create_time_response = ftp_server.sendcmd(
+                                'MDTM ' + file)
+                            timestamp_str = create_time_response[4:].strip()
+                            try:
+                                create_time = fields.datetime.strptime(
+                                    timestamp_str, "%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+                            except ValueError as e:
+                                _logger.error(
+                                    "Failed to parse timestamp '%s' from FTP server response: %s",
+                                    timestamp_str, e)
+                                create_time = None
                             diff_days = (
                                     fields.datetime.now() - create_time).days
                             if diff_days >= rec.days_to_remove: