diff --git a/awx/main/models/events.py b/awx/main/models/events.py
index b18a8ce5a2..790c913408 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/events.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/events.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
 import logging
 from collections import defaultdict
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ from django.db import models, DatabaseError
 from django.db.models.functions import Cast
 from django.utils.dateparse import parse_datetime
 from django.utils.text import Truncator
-from django.utils.timezone import utc, now
+from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str
 
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ class BasePlaybookEvent(CreatedModifiedModel):
             if not isinstance(kwargs['created'], datetime.datetime):
                 kwargs['created'] = parse_datetime(kwargs['created'])
             if not kwargs['created'].tzinfo:
-                kwargs['created'] = kwargs['created'].replace(tzinfo=utc)
+                kwargs['created'] = kwargs['created'].replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         except (KeyError, ValueError):
             kwargs.pop('created', None)
 
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ class BasePlaybookEvent(CreatedModifiedModel):
             if not isinstance(kwargs['job_created'], datetime.datetime):
                 kwargs['job_created'] = parse_datetime(kwargs['job_created'])
             if not kwargs['job_created'].tzinfo:
-                kwargs['job_created'] = kwargs['job_created'].replace(tzinfo=utc)
+                kwargs['job_created'] = kwargs['job_created'].replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         except (KeyError, ValueError):
             kwargs.pop('job_created', None)
 
@@ -734,7 +735,7 @@ class BaseCommandEvent(CreatedModifiedModel):
             if not isinstance(kwargs['created'], datetime.datetime):
                 kwargs['created'] = parse_datetime(kwargs['created'])
             if not kwargs['created'].tzinfo:
-                kwargs['created'] = kwargs['created'].replace(tzinfo=utc)
+                kwargs['created'] = kwargs['created'].replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
         except (KeyError, ValueError):
             kwargs.pop('created', None)
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_events.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_events.py
index a38df57fff..920b8572ea 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_events.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/models/test_events.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-from django.utils.timezone import utc
+from datetime import timezone
 import pytest
 
 from awx.main.models import JobEvent, ProjectUpdateEvent, AdHocCommandEvent, InventoryUpdateEvent, SystemJobEvent
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from awx.main.models import JobEvent, ProjectUpdateEvent, AdHocCommandEvent, Inv
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('created', [datetime(2018, 1, 1).isoformat(), datetime(2018, 1, 1)])
 def test_event_parse_created(job_identifier, cls, created):
     event = cls.create_from_data(**{job_identifier: 123, 'created': created})
-    assert event.created == datetime(2018, 1, 1).replace(tzinfo=utc)
+    assert event.created == datetime(2018, 1, 1).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(