diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SqlInputTimestampUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SqlInputTimestampUtilTest.java
index 305627619..1badaa9a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SqlInputTimestampUtilTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SqlInputTimestampUtilTest.java
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ public void shouldGetTimestampForDifferentType() {
 
   private Timestamp getFromType(int type, String value, TimeZone explicitTimezone) {
     return SqlInputTimestampUtil.getTimestampFromType(
-        type, value, mockSession, TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET"), explicitTimezone);
+        type, value, mockSession, TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"), explicitTimezone);
   }
 }