diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fa31eeda90..eec2c09aed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -445,6 +445,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DEPENDENCY_CACHE_KEY: ${{ needs.job_setup.outputs.dependency_cache_key }}
 
+      - name: Set timezone (non-UTC)
+        uses: szenius/set-timezone@v1.2
+        with:
+          timezoneLinux: "America/New_York"
+
       - run: yarn nx affected -t test:unit --base=${{ needs.job_setup.outputs.BASE_COMMIT }}
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -504,6 +509,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DEPENDENCY_CACHE_KEY: ${{ needs.job_setup.outputs.dependency_cache_key }}
 
+      - name: Set timezone (non-UTC)
+        uses: szenius/set-timezone@v1.2
+        with:
+          timezoneLinux: "America/New_York"
+
       - name: Record start time
         run: date +%s > ${{ runner.temp }}/startTime # Get start time for test suite