diff --git a/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/executors/test_edge_executor.py b/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/executors/test_edge_executor.py
index 947264ea39503..7c86b39f12dd4 100644
--- a/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/executors/test_edge_executor.py
+++ b/providers/edge3/tests/unit/edge3/executors/test_edge_executor.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+import time_machine
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.models.taskinstancekey import TaskInstanceKey
@@ -275,9 +276,7 @@ def test_sync_active_worker(self):
                 )
                 session.commit()
 
-        with patch(
-            "airflow.utils.timezone.utcnow", return_value=datetime(2023, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
-        ):
+        with time_machine.travel(datetime(2023, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc), tick=False):
             with conf_vars({("edge", "heartbeat_interval"): "10"}):
                 executor.sync()