diff --git a/awx/ui_next/package.json b/awx/ui_next/package.json
index 9a67f2ef02..2da2fd955d 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/package.json
+++ b/awx/ui_next/package.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   "main": "index.jsx",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "webpack-dev-server --config ./webpack.config.js --mode development",
-    "test": "jest --coverage",
-    "test-watch": "jest --watch",
+    "test": "TZ='UTC' jest --coverage",
+    "test-watch": "TZ='UTC' jest --watch",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js --ext .jsx .",
     "add-locale": "lingui add-locale",
     "extract-strings": "lingui extract",
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobEvent.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobEvent.test.jsx
index d413f53726..5377edbc58 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobEvent.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobEvent.test.jsx
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@ const selectors = {
   lineText: 'JobEvent__JobEventLineText',
 };
 
-function tzHours(hours) {
-  const date = new Date();
-  date.setUTCHours(hours);
-  return date.getHours();
-}
-
 describe('<JobEvent />', () => {
   test('initially renders successfully', () => {
     mountWithContexts(<JobEvent {...mockOnPlayStartEvent} />);
@@ -39,7 +33,7 @@ describe('<JobEvent />', () => {
     let wrapper = mountWithContexts(<JobEvent {...mockOnPlayStartEvent} />);
     let lineText = wrapper.find(selectors.lineText);
     expect(
-      lineText.filterWhere(e => e.html().includes(`${tzHours(18)}:11:22`))
+      lineText.filterWhere(e => e.text().includes('18:11:22'))
     ).toHaveLength(1);
 
     const singleDigitTimestampEvent = {
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ describe('<JobEvent />', () => {
     wrapper = mountWithContexts(<JobEvent {...singleDigitTimestampEvent} />);
     lineText = wrapper.find(selectors.lineText);
     expect(
-      lineText.filterWhere(e => e.html().includes(`${tzHours(8)}:01:02`))
+      lineText.filterWhere(e => e.text().includes('08:01:02'))
     ).toHaveLength(1);
   });
 
diff --git a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.test.jsx b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.test.jsx
index 252416d580..7762efdb76 100644
--- a/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.test.jsx
+++ b/awx/ui_next/src/screens/Job/JobOutput/JobOutput.test.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import mockJobEventsData from './data.job_events.json';
 jest.mock('@api');
 
 async function checkOutput(wrapper, expectedLines) {
-  await waitForElement(wrapper, 'div[type="job_event"]', e => e.length > 1);
+  await waitForElement(wrapper, 'div[type="job_event"]', el => el.length > 1);
   const jobEventLines = wrapper.find('div[type="job_event_line_text"]');
   const actualLines = [];
   jobEventLines.forEach(line => {
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ describe('<JobOutput />', () => {
     await waitForElement(wrapper, 'JobEvent', el => el.length > 0);
     await checkOutput(wrapper, [
       '',
-      'PLAY [all] *********************************************************************11:37:25',
+      'PLAY [all] *********************************************************************15:37:25',
       '',
-      'TASK [debug] *******************************************************************11:37:25',
+      'TASK [debug] *******************************************************************15:37:25',
       'ok: [localhost] => (item=1) => {',
       '    "msg": "This is a debug message: 1"',
       '}',
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ describe('<JobOutput />', () => {
       'handleScrollLast'
     );
     wrapper = mountWithContexts(<JobOutput job={mockJob} />);
-    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'EmptyStateBody', e => e.length === 0);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'EmptyStateBody', el => el.length === 0);
     wrapper
       .find('JobOutput')
       .instance()
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ describe('<JobOutput />', () => {
   test('should throw error', async done => {
     JobsAPI.readEvents = () => Promise.reject(new Error());
     wrapper = mountWithContexts(<JobOutput job={mockJob} />);
-    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'ContentError', e => e.length === 1);
+    await waitForElement(wrapper, 'ContentError', el => el.length === 1);
     done();
   });
 });