diff --git a/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs b/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
index 9acfbe42d..3d68456e3 100644
--- a/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
+++ b/src/embed_tests/TestConverter.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,53 @@ public void ConvertDateTimeRoundTrip(DateTimeKind kind)
             Assert.AreEqual(datetime, result);
         }
 
+        [TestCase("")]
+        [TestCase("America/New_York")]
+        [TestCase("UTC")]
+        public void ConvertDateTimeWithTimeZonePythonToCSharp(string timeZone)
+        {
+            const int year = 2024;
+            const int month = 2;
+            const int day = 27;
+            const int hour = 12;
+            const int minute = 30;
+            const int second = 45;
+
+            using (Py.GIL())
+            {
+                dynamic module = PyModule.FromString("module", @$"
+from clr import AddReference
+AddReference(""Python.EmbeddingTest"")
+AddReference(""System"")
+
+from Python.EmbeddingTest import *
+
+from datetime import datetime
+from pytz import timezone
+
+tzinfo = timezone('{timeZone}') if '{timeZone}' else None
+
+def GetPyDateTime():
+    return datetime({year}, {month}, {day}, {hour}, {minute}, {second}, tzinfo=tzinfo) \
+        if tzinfo else \
+        datetime({year}, {month}, {day}, {hour}, {minute}, {second})
+
+def GetNextDay(dateTime):
+    return TestConverter.GetNextDay(dateTime)
+");
+
+                var pyDateTime = module.GetPyDateTime();
+                var dateTimeResult = default(object);
+
+                Assert.DoesNotThrow(() => Converter.ToManaged(pyDateTime, typeof(DateTime), out dateTimeResult, false));
+
+                var managedDateTime = (DateTime)dateTimeResult;
+
+                var expectedDateTime = new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second);
+                Assert.AreEqual(expectedDateTime, managedDateTime);
+            }
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ConvertTimestampRoundTrip()
         {
@@ -362,7 +409,7 @@ class PyGetListImpl(test.GetListImpl):
             List<string> result = inst.GetList();
             CollectionAssert.AreEqual(new[] { "testing" }, result);
         }
-    
+
         [Test]
         public void PrimitiveIntConversion()
         {
diff --git a/src/perf_tests/Python.PerformanceTests.csproj b/src/perf_tests/Python.PerformanceTests.csproj
index d081af07c..373383145 100644
--- a/src/perf_tests/Python.PerformanceTests.csproj
+++ b/src/perf_tests/Python.PerformanceTests.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="quantconnect.pythonnet" Version="2.0.26" GeneratePathProperty="true">
+    <PackageReference Include="quantconnect.pythonnet" Version="2.0.27" GeneratePathProperty="true">
       <IncludeAssets>compile</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CopyBaseline" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)quantconnect.pythonnet\2.0.26\lib\net5.0\Python.Runtime.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)baseline" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NuGetPackageRoot)quantconnect.pythonnet\2.0.27\lib\net5.0\Python.Runtime.dll" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)baseline" />
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CopyNewBuild" AfterTargets="Build">
diff --git a/src/runtime/Converter.cs b/src/runtime/Converter.cs
index 05afe2f38..3f249f0aa 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Converter.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/Converter.cs
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ static Converter()
             timeSpanCtor = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(dateTimeMod.Borrow(), "timedelta").MoveToPyObject();
             PythonException.ThrowIfIsNull(timeSpanCtor);
 
-
             tzInfoCtor = new Lazy<PyObject>(() =>
             {
                 var tzInfoMod = PyModule.FromString("custom_tzinfo", @"
@@ -1124,20 +1123,6 @@ internal static bool ToPrimitive(BorrowedReference value, Type obType, out objec
                     var minute = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(value, minutePtr);
                     var second = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(value, secondPtr);
                     var microsecond = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(value, microsecondPtr);
-                    var timeKind = DateTimeKind.Unspecified;
-                    var tzinfo = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(value, tzinfoPtr);
-
-                    NewReference hours = default;
-                    NewReference minutes = default;
-                    if (!tzinfo.IsNone() && !tzinfo.IsNull())
-                    {
-                        hours = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(tzinfo.Borrow(), hoursPtr);
-                        minutes = Runtime.PyObject_GetAttrString(tzinfo.Borrow(), minutesPtr);
-                        if (Runtime.PyLong_AsLong(hours.Borrow()) == 0 && Runtime.PyLong_AsLong(minutes.Borrow()) == 0)
-                        {
-                            timeKind = DateTimeKind.Utc;
-                        }
-                    }
 
                     var convertedHour = 0L;
                     var convertedMinute = 0L;
@@ -1158,8 +1143,7 @@ internal static bool ToPrimitive(BorrowedReference value, Type obType, out objec
                         (int)convertedHour,
                         (int)convertedMinute,
                         (int)convertedSecond,
-                        millisecond: (int)milliseconds,
-                        timeKind);
+                        (int)milliseconds);
 
                     year.Dispose();
                     month.Dispose();
@@ -1169,16 +1153,6 @@ internal static bool ToPrimitive(BorrowedReference value, Type obType, out objec
                     second.Dispose();
                     microsecond.Dispose();
 
-                    if (!tzinfo.IsNull())
-                    {
-                        tzinfo.Dispose();
-                        if (!tzinfo.IsNone())
-                        {
-                            hours.Dispose();
-                            minutes.Dispose();
-                        }
-                    }
-
                     Exceptions.Clear();
                     return true;
                 default:
diff --git a/src/runtime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/runtime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 2f4055fed..a77e40b7a 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Python.EmbeddingTest, PublicKey=00240000048000009400000006020000002400005253413100040000110000005ffd8f49fb44ab0641b3fd8d55e749f716e6dd901032295db641eb98ee46063cbe0d4a1d121ef0bc2af95f8a7438d7a80a3531316e6b75c2dae92fb05a99f03bf7e0c03980e1c3cfb74ba690aca2f3339ef329313bcc5dccced125a4ffdc4531dcef914602cd5878dc5fbb4d4c73ddfbc133f840231343e013762884d6143189")]
 [assembly: InternalsVisibleTo("Python.Test, PublicKey=00240000048000009400000006020000002400005253413100040000110000005ffd8f49fb44ab0641b3fd8d55e749f716e6dd901032295db641eb98ee46063cbe0d4a1d121ef0bc2af95f8a7438d7a80a3531316e6b75c2dae92fb05a99f03bf7e0c03980e1c3cfb74ba690aca2f3339ef329313bcc5dccced125a4ffdc4531dcef914602cd5878dc5fbb4d4c73ddfbc133f840231343e013762884d6143189")]
 
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.26")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.0.26")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.27")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.0.27")]
diff --git a/src/runtime/Python.Runtime.csproj b/src/runtime/Python.Runtime.csproj
index 0463bb748..25f01f3cb 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Python.Runtime.csproj
+++ b/src/runtime/Python.Runtime.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <RootNamespace>Python.Runtime</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>Python.Runtime</AssemblyName>
     <PackageId>QuantConnect.pythonnet</PackageId>
-    <Version>2.0.26</Version>
+    <Version>2.0.27</Version>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet</RepositoryUrl>