diff --git a/dlt/common/pendulum.py b/dlt/common/pendulum.py
index fdf003531b..cad5e099eb 100644
--- a/dlt/common/pendulum.py
+++ b/dlt/common/pendulum.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import pendulum  # noqa: I251
 
 # force UTC as the local timezone to prevent local dates to be written to dbs
-pendulum.set_local_timezone(pendulum.timezone("UTC"))  # type: ignore
+pendulum.set_local_timezone(pendulum.timezone("UTC"))
 
 
 def __utcnow() -> pendulum.DateTime: