diff --git a/tests/system/test_system.py b/tests/system/test_system.py
index e5ddc648a..e92ae3254 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_system.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_system.py
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ def test_get_signed_policy_v4(self):
                 {"bucket": bucket_name},
                 ["starts-with", "$Content-Type", "text/pla"],
             ],
-            expiration=datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
+            expiration=datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
             fields={"content-type": "text/plain"},
         )
         with open(blob_name, "r") as f:
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ def test_get_signed_policy_v4_invalid_field(self):
                 {"bucket": bucket_name},
                 ["starts-with", "$Content-Type", "text/pla"],
             ],
-            expiration=datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
+            expiration=datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
             fields={"x-goog-random": "invalid_field", "content-type": "text/plain"},
         )
         with open(blob_name, "r") as f: