diff --git a/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py b/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
index b411b494..b4eaca6a 100644
--- a/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
+++ b/tools/import-normalizer/dates.py
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ def _match_monthname_a(s):
     return _build_day_month_year(int(m.group(1)), _lookup_month(m.group(2)), expand_year(m.group(3)))
 
 
-_MONTH_B_RE = re.compile(r"([A-Za-zÄÖÜäöü]+)\.?\s*(\d{1,2})\.?\s*(\d{2,4})")
+# dot after day is REQUIRED so this can't match "Mai 1895" (MONTH YYYY) as day=18
+_MONTH_B_RE = re.compile(r"([A-Za-zÄÖÜäöü]+)\.?\s*(\d{1,2})\.\s*(\d{2,4})")
 
 
 def _match_monthname_b(s):
diff --git a/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py b/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
index b0953d24..a08b6b61 100644
--- a/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
+++ b/tools/import-normalizer/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_parse_monthname_day_first():
 
 def test_parse_month_year_year_only():
     assert dates.parse_date("Mai 1895") == dates.ParsedDate("1895-05-01", Precision.MONTH, "Mai 1895")
-    assert dates.parse_date("October 1903").iso == "1903-10-01"
+    assert dates.parse_date("October 1903") == dates.ParsedDate("1903-10-01", Precision.MONTH, "October 1903")
     assert dates.parse_date("1905") == dates.ParsedDate("1905-01-01", Precision.YEAR, "1905")
 
 def test_parse_feast_and_season_via_parse_date():