diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
index 3bc1c7096f..7e61abd202 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/generate-cve-exclusions.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def main(argp=None):
 
     print(f"""
 # Auto-generated CVE metadata, DO NOT EDIT BY HAND.
-# Generated at {datetime.datetime.now()} for version {version}
+# Generated at {datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)} for version {version}
 
 python check_kernel_cve_status_version() {{
     this_version = "{version}"