diff --git a/app/assets/css/react-datetime-picker-override.css b/app/assets/css/react-datetime-picker-override.css
index f834265ce..acd26fb58 100644
--- a/app/assets/css/react-datetime-picker-override.css
+++ b/app/assets/css/react-datetime-picker-override.css
@@ -5,82 +5,110 @@
   library css for buttons is overriden by `.widget .widget-body button`
   so we have to force margin: 0
 */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar button {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar button {
   margin: 0 !important;
 }
 
 /*
-  Extending Calendar.css from react-datetime-picker
+  Extending Calendar.css from react-daterange-picker__calendar
 */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar {
   background: var(--bg-calendar-color);
   color: var(--text-main-color);
 }
 
 /* calendar nav buttons */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__navigation button:disabled {
-  background-color: var(--bg-calendar-color);
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__navigation button:disabled {
+  background: var(--bg-calendar-color);
   @apply opacity-60;
   @apply brightness-95 th-dark:brightness-110;
 }
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__navigation button:enabled:hover,
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__navigation button:enabled:focus {
-  background-color: var(--bg-daterangepicker-color);
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__navigation button:enabled:hover,
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__navigation button:enabled:focus {
+  background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-color);
 }
 
 /* date tile */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile:disabled {
-  background-color: var(--bg-calendar-color);
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile:disabled {
+  background: var(--bg-calendar-color);
   @apply opacity-60;
   @apply brightness-95 th-dark:brightness-110;
 }
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile:enabled:hover,
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile:enabled:focus {
-  background-color: var(--bg-daterangepicker-hover);
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile:enabled:hover,
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile:enabled:focus {
+  background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-hover);
 }
 
 /* today's date tile */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--now {
-  /* use background color to avoid white on yellow in dark/high contrast modes */
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--now {
   @apply th-highcontrast:text-[color:var(--bg-calendar-color)] th-dark:text-[color:var(--bg-calendar-color)];
+  border-radius: 0.25rem !important;
 }
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--now:enabled:hover,
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--now:enabled:focus {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--now:enabled:hover,
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--now:enabled:focus {
   background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-hover);
   color: var(--text-daterangepicker-hover);
 }
 
 /* probably date tile in range */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--hasActive {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hasActive {
   background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-end-date);
   color: var(--text-daterangepicker-end-date);
 }
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--hasActive:enabled:hover,
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--hasActive:enabled:focus {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hasActive:enabled:hover,
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hasActive:enabled:focus {
   background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-hover);
   color: var(--text-daterangepicker-hover);
 }
 
-/* selected date tile */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--active {
-  background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-active);
-  color: var(--text-daterangepicker-active);
-}
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--active:enabled:hover,
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar__tile--active:enabled:focus {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--active:enabled:hover,
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--active:enabled:focus {
   background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-hover);
   color: var(--text-daterangepicker-hover);
 }
 
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar
+  .react-calendar__month-view__days__day:hover:not(.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hoverEnd):not(
+    .react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hoverStart
+  ):not(.react-calendar__tile--active) {
+  border-radius: 0.25rem !important;
+}
+
 /* on range select hover */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-calendar--selectRange .react-calendar__tile--hover {
-  background-color: var(--bg-daterangepicker-in-range);
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar--selectRange .react-calendar__tile--hover {
+  background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-in-range);
   color: var(--text-daterangepicker-in-range);
 }
 
 /*
-  Extending DateTimePicker.css from react-datetime-picker
+  Extending DateTimePicker.css from react-daterange-picker__calendar
 */
-.react-datetime-picker .react-datetime-picker--disabled {
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-daterange-picker__calendar--disabled {
   @apply opacity-40;
 }
+
+/* selected date tile */
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--active {
+  background: var(--bg-daterangepicker-active) !important;
+  color: var(--text-daterangepicker-active) !important;
+}
+
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--rangeStart:not(.react-calendar__tile--rangeEnd),
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hoverStart {
+  border-top-left-radius: 0.25rem;
+  border-bottom-left-radius: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--rangeEnd:not(.react-calendar__tile--rangeStart),
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__tile--hoverEnd {
+  border-top-right-radius: 0.25rem;
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 0.25rem;
+}
+
+.react-daterange-picker__calendar .react-calendar__month-view__days__day--weekend {
+  color: inherit;
+}
+
+.react-calendar__tile--active.react-calendar__month-view__days__day--weekend {
+  color: var(--text-daterangepicker-active);
+}
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/types.ts b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/types.ts
index 237c8a257..76176e7ad 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/types.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/types.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
-export interface ActivityLog {
+interface BaseActivityLog {
   timestamp: number;
   action: string;
   context: string;
   id: number;
-  payload: object;
   username: string;
 }
+export interface ActivityLogResponse extends BaseActivityLog {
+  payload: string;
+}
+
+export interface ActivityLog extends BaseActivityLog {
+  payload: string | object;
+}
+
+export interface ActivityLogsResponse {
+  logs: Array<ActivityLogResponse>;
+  totalCount: number;
+}
diff --git a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/useActivityLogs.ts b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/useActivityLogs.ts
index 65a246f10..f55b64416 100644
--- a/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/useActivityLogs.ts
+++ b/app/react/portainer/logs/ActivityLogsView/useActivityLogs.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import axios, { parseAxiosError } from '@/portainer/services/axios';
 
 import { isBE } from '../../feature-flags/feature-flags.service';
 
-import { ActivityLog } from './types';
+import { ActivityLogResponse, ActivityLogsResponse } from './types';
 
 export const sortKeys = ['Context', 'Action', 'Timestamp', 'Username'] as const;
 export type SortKey = (typeof sortKeys)[number];
@@ -30,19 +30,18 @@ export function useActivityLogs(query: Query) {
     queryKey: ['activityLogs', query] as const,
     queryFn: () => fetchActivityLogs(query),
     keepPreviousData: true,
+    select: (data) => ({
+      ...data,
+      logs: decorateLogs(data.logs),
+    }),
   });
 }
 
-interface ActivityLogsResponse {
-  logs: Array<ActivityLog>;
-  totalCount: number;
-}
-
 async function fetchActivityLogs(query: Query): Promise<ActivityLogsResponse> {
   try {
     if (!isBE) {
       return {
-        logs: [{}, {}, {}, {}, {}] as Array<ActivityLog>,
+        logs: [{}, {}, {}, {}, {}] as Array<ActivityLogResponse>,
         totalCount: 5,
       };
     }
@@ -56,3 +55,40 @@ async function fetchActivityLogs(query: Query): Promise<ActivityLogsResponse> {
     throw parseAxiosError(err, 'Failed loading user activity logs csv');
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Decorates logs with the payload parsed from base64
+ */
+function decorateLogs(logs?: ActivityLogResponse[]) {
+  if (!logs || logs.length === 0) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
+  return logs.map((log) => ({
+    ...log,
+    payload: parseBase64AsObject(log.payload),
+  }));
+}
+
+function parseBase64AsObject(value: string): string | object {
+  if (!value) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(safeAtob(value));
+  } catch (err) {
+    return safeAtob(value);
+  }
+}
+
+function safeAtob(value: string) {
+  if (!value) {
+    return value;
+  }
+  try {
+    return window.atob(value);
+  } catch (err) {
+    // If the payload is not base64 encoded, return the original value
+    return value;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/vitest.config.mts b/vitest.config.mts
index c07c0096b..c54bcdbdd 100644
--- a/vitest.config.mts
+++ b/vitest.config.mts
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
     },
     bail: 2,
     include: ['./app/**/*.test.ts', './app/**/*.test.tsx'],
+    env: {
+      PORTAINER_EDITION: 'CE',
+    },
   },
   plugins: [svgr({ include: /\?c$/ }), tsconfigPaths()],
 });