diff --git a/services/jenkins/deployment.yaml b/services/jenkins/deployment.yaml
index 0dc76af..63f722b 100644
--- a/services/jenkins/deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/jenkins/deployment.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,9 @@ spec:
               containerPort: 50000
           env:
             - name: JAVA_OPTS
-              value: "-Xms512m -Xmx2048m"
+              value: "-Xms512m -Xmx2048m -Duser.timezone=America/Chicago"
+            - name: TZ
+              value: "America/Chicago"
             - name: JENKINS_OPTS
               value: "--webroot=/var/jenkins_cache/war"
             - name: JENKINS_SLAVE_AGENT_PORT