diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a1c88e2..234a9ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1.2.2
+-----
+
+* Fixed an example, that used deprecated `utcnow`
+
 1.2.1
 -----
 
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7f8f9e4..61579e7 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ a custom :class:`memoize.entrybuilder.CacheEntryBuilder`.
 
     class TtlRespectingCacheEntryBuilder(CacheEntryBuilder):
         def build(self, key: CacheKey, value: ValueWithTTL):
-            now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+            now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
             ttl_ends_at = now + datetime.timedelta(seconds=value.ttl_seconds)
             return CacheEntry(
                 created=now,
diff --git a/examples/ttl/ttl_asyncio.py b/examples/ttl/ttl_asyncio.py
index d7ed212..d6223bd 100644
--- a/examples/ttl/ttl_asyncio.py
+++ b/examples/ttl/ttl_asyncio.py
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# needed if one has tornado installed (could be removed otherwise)
+from memoize import memoize_configuration
+memoize_configuration.force_asyncio = True
+
 import datetime
 import asyncio
 import random
@@ -9,10 +13,6 @@
 from memoize.entrybuilder import CacheEntryBuilder
 from memoize.storage import LocalInMemoryCacheStorage
 
-# needed if one has tornado installed (could be removed otherwise)
-from memoize import memoize_configuration
-memoize_configuration.force_asyncio = True
-
 
 @dataclass
 class ValueWithTTL:
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ValueWithTTL:
 
 class TtlRespectingCacheEntryBuilder(CacheEntryBuilder):
     def build(self, key: CacheKey, value: ValueWithTTL):
-        now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+        now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
         ttl_ends_at = now + datetime.timedelta(seconds=value.ttl_seconds)
         return CacheEntry(
             created=now,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 10d0da4..95517bd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def prepare_description():
 
 setup(
     name='py-memoize',
-    version='1.2.1',
+    version='1.2.2',
     author='Michal Zmuda',
     author_email='zmu.michal@gmail.com',
     url='https://github.com/DreamLab/memoize',