diff --git a/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py b/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
index 037e49fe..57076f20 100644
--- a/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
+++ b/django_celery_beat/schedulers.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def schedules_equal(self, *args, **kwargs):
     @property
     def schedule(self):
         initial = update = False
-        current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
+        current_time = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
 
         if self._initial_read:
             debug('DatabaseScheduler: initial read')