diff --git a/litellm/repositories/alert_repository.py b/litellm/repositories/alert_repository.py
index a62a9924a0b..299b1a67bdc 100644
--- a/litellm/repositories/alert_repository.py
+++ b/litellm/repositories/alert_repository.py
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ async def record_alerts(transaction: AlertTransaction, detections: Sequence[Aler
         return
     await transaction.execute_raw(
         """INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_Alert"
-            (detection_key, type, resource_type, resource_id, window_start, window_end, evidence)
-        SELECT detection_key, type, resource_type, resource_id, window_start, window_end, evidence
+            (detection_key, type, resource_type, resource_id, window_start, window_end, evidence, created_at, updated_at)
+        SELECT detection_key, type, resource_type, resource_id, window_start, window_end, evidence,
+            now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC', now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
         FROM jsonb_to_recordset($1::jsonb) AS rows(detection_key text, type text, resource_type text,
             resource_id text, window_start timestamp, window_end timestamp, evidence jsonb)
         ON CONFLICT (detection_key) DO NOTHING""",
diff --git a/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py b/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
index 2c85a4b90f7..b312f6951de 100644
--- a/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
+++ b/litellm/repositories/performance_alert_repository.py
@@ -149,13 +149,14 @@ _LIMITS: Final = f"""SELECT set_config('statement_timeout', '{_STATEMENT_TIMEOUT
     set_config('lock_timeout', '100ms', true), set_config('work_mem', '1MB', true),
     set_config('max_parallel_workers_per_gather', '0', true)"""
 _CLAIM: Final = """INSERT INTO "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState" (id, owner, next_run_at, updated_at)
-VALUES (1, $1, now() + $2::interval, now())
-ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET owner = EXCLUDED.owner, next_run_at = EXCLUDED.next_run_at, updated_at = now()
+VALUES (1, $1, now() + $2::interval, now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC')
+ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET owner = EXCLUDED.owner, next_run_at = EXCLUDED.next_run_at,
+    updated_at = now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
 WHERE "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState".next_run_at <= now() + interval '30 seconds'
 RETURNING day, scope, resume_after AS cursor, wrapped, checked, skipped, completed_at IS NOT NULL AS completed"""
 _SAVE: Final = """UPDATE "LiteLLM_PerformanceAlertState"
 SET day = $2, scope = $3, resume_after = $4, wrapped = $5, checked = $6, skipped = $7,
-    completed_at = CASE WHEN $8 THEN now() END, updated_at = now()
+    completed_at = CASE WHEN $8 THEN now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC' END, updated_at = now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'
 WHERE id = 1 AND owner = $1"""
 _ACCOUNTING_PENDING: Final = """SELECT 1 AS resource_id FROM "LiteLLM_SpendLogDelivery"
 WHERE state = 'pending' AND created_at < $1::timestamp LIMIT 1"""
diff --git a/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py b/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
index 0b400634d7d..735f135065c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
+++ b/tests/integration/database/test_performance_alerts.py
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ async def test_a_full_sweep_saves_one_alert_per_real_change_and_nothing_for_norm
 
     await fixture.sweep()
 
+    (age,) = read_rows(
+        "SELECT max(abs(extract(epoch FROM created_at - (now() AT TIME ZONE 'UTC'))))::int AS seconds"
+        ' FROM "LiteLLM_Alert" WHERE resource_id LIKE %s',
+        (f"{p}%",),
+    )
+    assert int(str(age["seconds"])) < 300
     assert fixture.saved() == {
         (f"{p}-team-spike", "spend"): ("team", "open"),
         (f"{p}-user-stopped", "traffic"): ("user", "open"),