diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
index 205aeca328d..7e04b1afe90 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/auth_checks.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.auth.route_checks import RouteChecks
 from litellm.proxy.route_llm_request import route_request
 from litellm.proxy.utils import PrismaClient, ProxyLogging, log_db_metrics
 from litellm.router import Router
+from litellm.utils import get_utc_datetime
 
 from .auth_checks_organization import organization_role_based_access_check
 
@@ -957,7 +958,7 @@ async def get_team_object(
 class ExperimentalUIJWTToken:
     @staticmethod
     def get_experimental_ui_login_jwt_auth_token(user_info: LiteLLM_UserTable) -> str:
-        from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+        from datetime import timedelta
 
         from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import (
             encrypt_value_helper,
@@ -967,7 +968,7 @@ class ExperimentalUIJWTToken:
             raise Exception("User role is required for experimental UI login")
 
         # Calculate expiration time (10 minutes from now)
-        expiration_time = datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(minutes=10)
+        expiration_time = get_utc_datetime() + timedelta(minutes=10)
 
         # Format the expiration time as ISO 8601 string
         expires = expiration_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")[:-3] + "+00:00"
diff --git a/tests/litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py b/tests/litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
index 7e8d99d4eed..24e8506e971 100644
--- a/tests/litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
+++ b/tests/litellm/proxy/auth/test_auth_checks.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sys.path.insert(
     0, os.path.abspath("../../..")
 )  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
 
-from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from litellm.proxy._types import (
 )
 from litellm.proxy.auth.auth_checks import ExperimentalUIJWTToken
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.encrypt_decrypt_utils import decrypt_value_helper
+from litellm.utils import get_utc_datetime
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ def test_get_experimental_ui_login_jwt_auth_token_valid(valid_sso_user_defined_v
     # Verify expiration time is set and valid
     assert "expires" in token_data
     expires = datetime.fromisoformat(token_data["expires"].replace("Z", "+00:00"))
-    assert expires > datetime.now(UTC)
-    assert expires <= datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(minutes=10)
+    assert expires > get_utc_datetime()
+    assert expires <= get_utc_datetime() + timedelta(minutes=10)
 
 
 def test_get_experimental_ui_login_jwt_auth_token_invalid(