diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner.test.ts
index 343f4be4593..8464a526ebb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner.test.ts
@@ -572,6 +572,13 @@ describe('CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner', () => {
   });
 
   describe('timezoneUTCOffset', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      jest.useFakeTimers().setSystemTime(new Date('2022-09-01'));
+    });
+    afterEach(() => {
+      jest.useFakeTimers().clearAllTimers();
+    });
+
     const testQuery = {
       id: '',
       refId: 'a',
@@ -594,7 +601,7 @@ describe('CloudWatchMetricsQueryRunner', () => {
       ['Asia/Tokyo', '+0900'],
       ['UTC', '+0000'],
     ];
-    describe.each(testTable)('should use the right time zone offset', (ianaTimezone, expectedOffset) => {
+    test.each(testTable)('should use the right time zone offset', (ianaTimezone, expectedOffset) => {
       const { runner, fetchMock, request } = setupMockedMetricsQueryRunner();
       runner.handleMetricQueries([testQuery], {
         ...request,