diff --git a/opentech/settings/base.py b/opentech/settings/base.py
index ac6161eba693c7f379199440c5ae504e6ee0b6a0..9ec76d95997468bbbedb312928356f9e08b3e32b 100644
--- a/opentech/settings/base.py
+++ b/opentech/settings/base.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ PASSWORD_RESET_TIMEOUT_DAYS = 8
 
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-gb'
 
-TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/London'
+TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 
 USE_I18N = True