diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/sql/esintgtest/DateFormatIT.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/sql/esintgtest/DateFormatIT.java
index 17333e8191..f00f852d33 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/sql/esintgtest/DateFormatIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/sql/esintgtest/DateFormatIT.java
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ public void sortByDateFormat() throws IOException {
         JSONArray hits =
                 getHits(executeQuery("SELECT all_client, insert_time " +
                         " FROM " + TestsConstants.TEST_INDEX_ONLINE +
-                        " ORDER BY date_format(insert_time, 'dd-MM-YYYY') DESC, insert_time " +
+                        " ORDER BY date_format(insert_time, 'dd-MM-YYYY', 'UTC') DESC, insert_time " +
                         " LIMIT 10"));
 
         assertThat(new DateTime(getSource(hits.getJSONObject(0)).get("insert_time"), DateTimeZone.UTC),
-                is(new DateTime("2014-08-24T07:00:55.481Z", DateTimeZone.UTC)));
+                is(new DateTime("2014-08-24T00:00:41.221Z", DateTimeZone.UTC)));
     }
 
     @Test