diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/client.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/client.go
index f14ae2c8a0..0ab46081e9 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/client.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/k8s/client.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func NewKubeClient(config *rest.Config, options Options) (core.KubeClient, error
 	if options.ClientOptions == nil {
 		options.ClientOptions = &client.Options{
 			HTTPClient: httpClient,
-			Mapper: mapper,
+			Mapper:     mapper,
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/common/common_operator_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/common/common_operator_test.go
index 1c33594997..bf7d537416 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/common/common_operator_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/kfoperators/common/common_operator_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package common
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -18,6 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/core/mocks"
 )
 
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	// All tests should run assuming UTC timezone.
+	time.Local = time.UTC
+	code := m.Run()
+	os.Exit(code)
+}
+
 func TestExtractCurrentCondition(t *testing.T) {
 	jobCreated := commonOp.JobCondition{
 		Type:   commonOp.JobCreated,