diff --git a/internal/controller/dashboard/static_helpers.go b/internal/controller/dashboard/static_helpers.go
index 1a1018cb..db37e05b 100644
--- a/internal/controller/dashboard/static_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/controller/dashboard/static_helpers.go
@@ -650,12 +650,31 @@ func createStringColumn(name, jsonPath string) map[string]any {
 	}
 }
 
-// createTimestampColumn creates a timestamp column with custom formatting
-func createTimestampColumn(name, jsonPath string) map[string]any {
+// createTimestampColumn creates a timestamp column with custom formatting.
+// Extra jsonPaths act as ordered fallbacks: the first non-null path wins,
+// and `-` is used only when every path is null. Depth is capped at two
+// because the template parser's non-greedy matcher cannot track more than
+// one level of alternating quotes in a nested reqsJsonPath fallback.
+func createTimestampColumn(name string, jsonPaths ...string) map[string]any {
+	if len(jsonPaths) == 0 {
+		panic("createTimestampColumn requires at least one jsonPath")
+	}
+	if len(jsonPaths) > 2 {
+		panic("createTimestampColumn supports at most two jsonPaths (primary + one fallback)")
+	}
+
+	var text string
+	switch len(jsonPaths) {
+	case 1:
+		text = "{reqsJsonPath[0]['" + jsonPaths[0] + "']['-']}"
+	case 2:
+		text = "{reqsJsonPath[0]['" + jsonPaths[0] + "'][\"{reqsJsonPath[0]['" + jsonPaths[1] + "']['-']}\"]}"
+	}
+
 	return map[string]any{
 		"name":     name,
 		"type":     "factory",
-		"jsonPath": jsonPath,
+		"jsonPath": jsonPaths[0],
 		"customProps": map[string]any{
 			"disableEventBubbling": true,
 			"items": []any{
@@ -673,7 +692,7 @@ func createTimestampColumn(name, jsonPath string) map[string]any {
 							"data": map[string]any{
 								"formatter": "timestamp",
 								"id":        "time-value",
-								"text":      "{reqsJsonPath[0]['" + jsonPath + "']['-']}",
+								"text":      text,
 							},
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/internal/controller/dashboard/static_refactored.go b/internal/controller/dashboard/static_refactored.go
index a73026bc..d96bbaaa 100644
--- a/internal/controller/dashboard/static_refactored.go
+++ b/internal/controller/dashboard/static_refactored.go
@@ -224,10 +224,13 @@ func CreateAllCustomColumnsOverrides() []*dashboardv1alpha1.CustomColumnsOverrid
 			createStringColumn("Name", ".name"),
 		}),
 
-		// Factory details events
+		// Factory details events. Event Time falls back to `.firstTimestamp`
+		// because core/v1 Events (Helm, controller-runtime) populate only the
+		// legacy timestamps while events.k8s.io/v1 Events populate only
+		// `.eventTime`; taking the first non-null of the two covers both.
 		createCustomColumnsOverride("factory-details-events", []any{
-			createTimestampColumn("Last Seen", ".lastTimestamp"),
-			createTimestampColumn("Event Time", ".eventTime"),
+			createTimestampColumn("Last Seen", ".lastTimestamp", ".eventTime"),
+			createTimestampColumn("Event Time", ".eventTime", ".firstTimestamp"),
 			createStringColumn("Type", ".type"),
 			createStringColumn("Reason", ".reason"),
 			createStringColumn("Object", ".involvedObject.kind"),