diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9e5edc65757..fb8759a384a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "gl-line3d": "^1.1.0",
     "gl-mat4": "^1.1.2",
     "gl-mesh3d": "^1.2.0",
-    "gl-plot2d": "^1.1.9",
+    "gl-plot2d": "^1.2.0",
     "gl-plot3d": "^1.5.1",
     "gl-pointcloud2d": "^1.0.0",
     "gl-scatter2d": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/src/plots/gl2d/scene2d.js b/src/plots/gl2d/scene2d.js
index 6b0c8262fe6..3fe459b6131 100644
--- a/src/plots/gl2d/scene2d.js
+++ b/src/plots/gl2d/scene2d.js
@@ -249,9 +249,8 @@ proto.computeTickMarks = function() {
 
     for(var j = 0; j < 2; ++j) {
         for(var i = 0; i < nextTicks[j].length; ++i) {
-            // TODO add support for '\n' in gl-plot2d,
-            // For now, replace '\n' with ' '
-            nextTicks[j][i].text = convertHTMLToUnicode(nextTicks[j][i].text + '').replace(/\n/g, ' ');
+            // coercing tick value (may not be a string) to a string
+            nextTicks[j][i].text = convertHTMLToUnicode(nextTicks[j][i].text + '');
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl2d_date_axes.png b/test/image/baselines/gl2d_date_axes.png
index 22f47afcb01..f303ac30b05 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/gl2d_date_axes.png and b/test/image/baselines/gl2d_date_axes.png differ