diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/general.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/general.py
index 4161d316b0e..af0369771bf 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/general.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/general.py
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ def to_datetime(
     infer_datetime_format: lib.NoDefault | bool = lib.no_default,
     origin: Any = "unix",
     cache: bool = True,
-) -> Series | DatetimeScalar | NaTType | None:
+) -> pd.DatetimeIndex | Series | DatetimeScalar | NaTType | None:
     """
     Convert argument to datetime.
 
@@ -1459,8 +1459,7 @@ def to_datetime(
         parsing):
 
         - scalar: :class:`Timestamp` (or :class:`datetime.datetime`)
-        - array-like: :class:`~snowflake.snowpark.modin.pandas.Series` with :class:`datetime64` dtype containing
-          :class:`datetime.datetime` (or
+        - array-like: :class:`~snowflake.snowpark.modin.pandas.DatetimeIndex` (or
           :class: :class:`~snowflake.snowpark.modin.pandas.Series` of :class:`object` dtype containing
           :class:`datetime.datetime`)
         - Series: :class:`~snowflake.snowpark.modin.pandas.Series` of :class:`datetime64` dtype (or
@@ -2170,7 +2169,7 @@ def date_range(
     qc = qc.set_index_from_columns(qc.columns.tolist(), include_index=False)
     # Set index column name.
     qc = qc.set_index_names([name])
-    return pd.DatetimeIndex(data=qc)
+    return pd.DatetimeIndex(query_compiler=qc)
 
 
 @snowpark_pandas_telemetry_standalone_function_decorator
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
index a494b513de5..f268a21306b 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/pandas/series.py
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ def __init__(
         # Convert lazy index to Series without pulling the data to client.
         if isinstance(data, pd.Index):
             query_compiler = data.to_series(index=index, name=name)._query_compiler
+            query_compiler = query_compiler.reset_index(drop=True)
         elif isinstance(data, type(self)):
             query_compiler = data._query_compiler.copy()
             if index is not None:
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/index.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/index.py
index e11ac325f0d..a3b4265708a 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/index.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/modin/plugin/extensions/index.py
@@ -2429,4 +2429,4 @@ def _to_datetime(
             origin,
             include_index=True,
         )
-        return DatetimeIndex(data=new_qc)
+        return DatetimeIndex(query_compiler=new_qc)
diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_loc.py b/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_loc.py
index f258f261b51..bad5b312545 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_loc.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_loc.py
@@ -945,11 +945,7 @@ def loc_set_helper(df):
             _row_key = key_converter(row_key, df)
             df.loc[_row_key] = pd.DataFrame(item)
 
-    with SqlCounter(
-        # one extra query to convert to series to set item
-        query_count=2 if key_type == "index" else 1,
-        join_count=expected_join_count,
-    ):
+    with SqlCounter(query_count=1, join_count=expected_join_count):
         eval_snowpark_pandas_result(
             pd.DataFrame(native_df), native_df, loc_set_helper, inplace=True
         )
@@ -971,11 +967,7 @@ def loc_set_helper(df):
             _row_key = key_converter(row_key, df)
             df.loc[_row_key, :] = pd.DataFrame(item)
 
-    with SqlCounter(
-        # one extra query to convert to series to set item
-        query_count=2 if key_type == "index" else 1,
-        join_count=expected_join_count,
-    ):
+    with SqlCounter(query_count=1, join_count=expected_join_count):
         eval_snowpark_pandas_result(
             pd.DataFrame(native_df), native_df, loc_set_helper, inplace=True
         )
diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_set_index.py b/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_set_index.py
index 15566d630f1..e0088673282 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_set_index.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/frame/test_set_index.py
@@ -320,11 +320,7 @@ def test_set_index_pass_arrays_duplicate(obj_type1, obj_type2, drop, append, nat
         obj_type2 = native_pd.Index
     native_keys = [obj_type1(array), obj_type2(array)]
 
-    query_count = 4
-    # one extra query per modin index to create the series and set index
-    query_count += 1 if obj_type1 == native_pd.Index else 0
-    query_count += 1 if obj_type2 == native_pd.Index else 0
-    with SqlCounter(query_count=query_count, join_count=2):
+    with SqlCounter(query_count=4, join_count=2):
         eval_snowpark_pandas_result(
             snow_df,
             native_df,
diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/test_concat.py b/tests/integ/modin/test_concat.py
index 9437bb6a36c..628af787ac4 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/test_concat.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/test_concat.py
@@ -657,10 +657,10 @@ def test_concat_keys_with_none(df1, df2, axis):
 )
 def test_concat_with_keys_and_names(df1, df2, names, name1, name2, axis):
     # One extra query to convert index to native pandas when creating df
-    with SqlCounter(query_count=0 if name1 is None or axis == 1 else 4, join_count=0):
+    with SqlCounter(query_count=0 if name1 is None or axis == 1 else 3, join_count=0):
         df1 = df1.rename_axis(name1, axis=axis)
     # One extra query to convert index to native pandas when creating df
-    with SqlCounter(query_count=0 if name2 is None or axis == 1 else 4, join_count=0):
+    with SqlCounter(query_count=0 if name2 is None or axis == 1 else 3, join_count=0):
         df2 = df2.rename_axis(name2, axis=axis)
 
     expected_join_count = (