diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/structure/options.py b/material/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
index 409274472e0..a7bab08fee9 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-from datetime import date, datetime, time
+from datetime import date, datetime, time, timezone
 from mkdocs.config.base import BaseConfigOption, Config, ValidationError
 from typing import Dict
 
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ def pre_validation(self, config: Config, key_name: str):
                 continue
 
             # Handle date - we set 00:00:00 as the default time, if the author
-            # only supplied a date, and convert it to datetime
+            # only supplied a date, and convert it to datetime in UTC
             if isinstance(value, date):
-                config[key_name][key] = datetime.combine(value, time())
+                config[key_name][key] = datetime.combine(value, time()).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
         # Initialize date dictionary
         config[key_name] = DateDict(config[key_name])
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/structure/options.py b/src/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
index 409274472e0..a7bab08fee9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/structure/options.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
 # IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-from datetime import date, datetime, time
+from datetime import date, datetime, time, timezone
 from mkdocs.config.base import BaseConfigOption, Config, ValidationError
 from typing import Dict
 
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ def pre_validation(self, config: Config, key_name: str):
                 continue
 
             # Handle date - we set 00:00:00 as the default time, if the author
-            # only supplied a date, and convert it to datetime
+            # only supplied a date, and convert it to datetime in UTC
             if isinstance(value, date):
-                config[key_name][key] = datetime.combine(value, time())
+                config[key_name][key] = datetime.combine(value, time()).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
 
         # Initialize date dictionary
         config[key_name] = DateDict(config[key_name])