diff --git a/src/base-ubuntu/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/src/base-ubuntu/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index a44bb2471b..e0bb7429b6 100644
--- a/src/base-ubuntu/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/base-ubuntu/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ FROM buildpack-deps:${VARIANT}-curl
 
 LABEL dev.containers.features="common"
 
+# Fix timezone configuration
+ENV TZ=UTC
+RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
+
 ARG VARIANT
 RUN if [ "$VARIANT" = "noble" ]; then \
         if id "ubuntu" &>/dev/null; then \