diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/build.gradle b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/build.gradle
index 45293f47cc73..01cefe94963f 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/java/airbyte-cdk/db-sources/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 test {
-    systemProperty 'user.timezone', 'UTC'
     testLogging {
         // TODO: Remove this after debugging
         showStandardStreams = true
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9d92d5d19eba..9e73ca2a0569 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ subprojects { subproj ->
             }
         }
 
+        systemProperty 'user.timezone', 'UTC'
+
         if (rootProject.ext.skipSlowTests) {
             // Exclude all connector unit tests
             exclude '**/io/airbyte/integrations/source/**'