diff --git a/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper.go b/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper.go
index 88963b1ccc016e..0502723162d627 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (w *Wrapper) handle(level types.LogLevel, message string) {
 	var pc [1]uintptr
 	runtime.Callers(baseStackDepth+w.extraStackDepth, pc[:])
 	r := slog.NewRecord(
-		time.Now().UTC(),
+		time.Now(),
 		types.ToSlogLevel(level),
 		message,
 		pc[0],
diff --git a/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper_test.go b/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper_test.go
index def7e92e03229a..665580a683ba83 100644
--- a/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/log/slog/wrapper_test.go
@@ -488,3 +488,17 @@ func TestLoggingToClosedWrapperDoesNotCallHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	// Verify that handler was never called (no records logged)
 	assert.Empty(t, handler.records, "handler should not be called after wrapper is closed")
 }
+
+func TestRecordTimeZone(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		t.Skip("Windows uses syscalls to get the timezone, so we can't test it")
+	}
+
+	t.Setenv("TZ", "CET")
+	handler := newMockHandler()
+	wrapper := NewWrapper(handler)
+
+	wrapper.Info("test message")
+	record := handler.lastRecord()
+	assert.Equal(t, "CET", record.Time.Location().String())
+}