diff --git a/backend/app/core/security.py b/backend/app/core/security.py
index 58da9d9..7aff7cf 100644
--- a/backend/app/core/security.py
+++ b/backend/app/core/security.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import Any
 
 import jwt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ALGORITHM = "HS256"
 
 
 def create_access_token(subject: str | Any, expires_delta: timedelta) -> str:
-    expire = datetime.utcnow() + expires_delta
+    expire = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + expires_delta
     to_encode = {"exp": expire, "sub": str(subject)}
     encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(to_encode, settings.SECRET_KEY, algorithm=ALGORITHM)
     return encoded_jwt
diff --git a/backend/app/utils.py b/backend/app/utils.py
index a3c7e3a..d5ccf31 100644
--- a/backend/app/utils.py
+++ b/backend/app/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def generate_new_account_email(
 
 def generate_password_reset_token(email: str) -> str:
     delta = timedelta(hours=settings.EMAIL_RESET_TOKEN_EXPIRE_HOURS)
-    now = datetime.utcnow()
+    now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
     expires = now + delta
     exp = expires.timestamp()
     encoded_jwt = jwt.encode(