diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
index 0c627ef262..61f4d47f96 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-nvd2-native.bb
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ def update_db_file(db_tmp_file, d, database_time):
     # The maximum range for time is 120 days
     # Force a complete update if our range is longer
     if (database_time != 0):
-        database_date = datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.fromtimestamp(database_time), datetime.time())
-        today_date = datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.today(), datetime.time())
+        database_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(database_time, tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
+        today_date = datetime.datetime.now(tz=datetime.timezone.utc)
         delta = today_date - database_date
         if delta.days < 120:
             bb.debug(2, "CVE database: performing partial update")