diff --git a/integration_tests/README.md b/integration_tests/README.md
index 82444459540..56126e9edb2 100644
--- a/integration_tests/README.md
+++ b/integration_tests/README.md
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ To make sure that the tests work properly you need to configure your cluster or
 The python framework cannot always do this for you because it risks overwriting other java options in the config.
 Please be sure that the following configs are set when running the tests.
 
-  * `spark.driver.extraJavaOptions` should include `-Duser.timezone=GMT`
-  * `spark.executor.extraJavaOptions` should include `-Duser.timezone=GMT`
+  * `spark.driver.extraJavaOptions` should include `-Duser.timezone=UTC`
+  * `spark.executor.extraJavaOptions` should include `-Duser.timezone=UTC`
   * `spark.sql.session.timeZone`=`UTC`
 
 ### Running in parallel
diff --git a/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh b/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
index 22da7be6b74..c580776899a 100755
--- a/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
+++ b/integration_tests/run_pyspark_from_build.sh
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ else
     if [[ "${TEST_PARALLEL_OPTS}" != "" ]];
     then
         export PYSP_TEST_spark_driver_extraClassPath="${ALL_JARS// /:}"
-        export PYSP_TEST_spark_driver_extraJavaOptions="-ea -Duser.timezone=GMT $COVERAGE_SUBMIT_FLAGS"
-        export PYSP_TEST_spark_executor_extraJavaOptions='-ea -Duser.timezone=GMT'
+        export PYSP_TEST_spark_driver_extraJavaOptions="-ea -Duser.timezone=UTC $COVERAGE_SUBMIT_FLAGS"
+        export PYSP_TEST_spark_executor_extraJavaOptions='-ea -Duser.timezone=UTC'
         export PYSP_TEST_spark_ui_showConsoleProgress='false'
         export PYSP_TEST_spark_sql_session_timeZone='UTC'
         export PYSP_TEST_spark_sql_shuffle_partitions='12'
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ else
           "$@"
     else
         "$SPARK_HOME"/bin/spark-submit --jars "${ALL_JARS// /,}" \
-          --conf "spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-ea -Duser.timezone=GMT $COVERAGE_SUBMIT_FLAGS" \
-          --conf 'spark.executor.extraJavaOptions=-ea -Duser.timezone=GMT' \
+          --conf "spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-ea -Duser.timezone=UTC $COVERAGE_SUBMIT_FLAGS" \
+          --conf 'spark.executor.extraJavaOptions=-ea -Duser.timezone=UTC' \
           --conf 'spark.sql.session.timeZone=UTC' \
           --conf 'spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=12' \
           $SPARK_SUBMIT_FLAGS \
diff --git a/jenkins/spark-tests.sh b/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
index 68bfba2fdf3..8dca6a1e9bd 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-tests.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ BASE_SPARK_SUBMIT_ARGS="--master spark://$HOSTNAME:7077 \
     --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=12 \
     --conf spark.driver.extraClassPath=${CUDF_JAR}:${RAPIDS_PLUGIN_JAR} \
     --conf spark.executor.extraClassPath=${CUDF_JAR}:${RAPIDS_PLUGIN_JAR} \
-    --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Duser.timezone=GMT \
-    --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions=-Duser.timezone=GMT \
+    --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Duser.timezone=UTC \
+    --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions=-Duser.timezone=UTC \
     --conf spark.sql.session.timeZone=UTC"
 MORTGAGE_SPARK_SUBMIT_ARGS=" --conf spark.plugins=com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin \
     --class com.nvidia.spark.rapids.tests.mortgage.Main \