diff --git a/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py b/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
index 71005e37a756b..8798c542c1cd2 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/openlineage/plugins/listener.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor
-from datetime import datetime
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import psutil
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 )
 from airflow.settings import configure_orm
 from airflow.stats import Stats
+from airflow.utils import timezone
 from airflow.utils.timeout import timeout
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def on_running():
             with Stats.timer(f"ol.extract.{event_type}.{operator_name}"):
                 task_metadata = self.extractor_manager.extract_metadata(dagrun, task)
 
-            start_date = task_instance.start_date if task_instance.start_date else datetime.now()
+            start_date = task_instance.start_date if task_instance.start_date else timezone.utcnow()
             data_interval_start = (
                 dagrun.data_interval_start.isoformat() if dagrun.data_interval_start else None
             )
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ def on_success():
                     dagrun, task, complete=True, task_instance=task_instance
                 )
 
-            end_date = task_instance.end_date if task_instance.end_date else datetime.now()
+            end_date = task_instance.end_date if task_instance.end_date else timezone.utcnow()
 
             redacted_event = self.adapter.complete_task(
                 run_id=task_uuid,
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def on_failure():
                     dagrun, task, complete=True, task_instance=task_instance
                 )
 
-            end_date = task_instance.end_date if task_instance.end_date else datetime.now()
+            end_date = task_instance.end_date if task_instance.end_date else timezone.utcnow()
 
             redacted_event = self.adapter.fail_task(
                 run_id=task_uuid,