diff --git a/middleware/browse/browse.go b/middleware/browse/browse.go
index a21b23040..d75b2acad 100644
--- a/middleware/browse/browse.go
+++ b/middleware/browse/browse.go
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func directoryListing(files []os.FileInfo, canGoUp bool, urlPath string) (Listin
 			Name:    f.Name(),
 			Size:    f.Size(),
 			URL:     url.String(),
-			ModTime: f.ModTime(),
+			ModTime: f.ModTime().UTC(),
 			Mode:    f.Mode(),
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/middleware/browse/browse_test.go b/middleware/browse/browse_test.go
index c87925242..0363d2f41 100644
--- a/middleware/browse/browse_test.go
+++ b/middleware/browse/browse_test.go
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ func TestBrowseJson(t *testing.T) {
 		// Tests fail in CI environment because all file mod times are the same for
 		// some reason, making the sorting unpredictable. To hack around this,
 		// we ensure here that each file has a different mod time.
-		chTime := f.ModTime().Add(-(time.Duration(i) * time.Second))
+		chTime := f.ModTime().UTC().Add(-(time.Duration(i) * time.Second))
 		if err := os.Chtimes(filepath.Join(testDataPath, name), chTime, chTime); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}