diff --git a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/hitl.py b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/hitl.py
index b0d73ff02cdd6..35f7703cee632 100644
--- a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/hitl.py
+++ b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/operators/hitl.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 
 from collections.abc import Collection, Mapping
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 from airflow.providers.standard.exceptions import HITLTimeoutError, HITLTriggerEventError
@@ -36,6 +35,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.standard.version_compat import BaseOperator
 from airflow.sdk.definitions.param import ParamsDict
 from airflow.sdk.execution_time.hitl import upsert_hitl_detail
+from airflow.sdk.timezone import utcnow
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def execute(self, context: Context):
             params=self.serialized_params,
         )
         if self.execution_timeout:
-            timeout_datetime = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + self.execution_timeout
+            timeout_datetime = utcnow() + self.execution_timeout
         else:
             timeout_datetime = None
         self.log.info("Waiting for response")
diff --git a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/triggers/hitl.py b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/triggers/hitl.py
index 17c818472471e..87dfc57ab076b 100644
--- a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/triggers/hitl.py
+++ b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/triggers/hitl.py
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
     get_hitl_detail_content_detail,
     update_htil_detail_response,
 )
+from airflow.sdk.timezone import utcnow
 from airflow.triggers.base import BaseTrigger, TriggerEvent
-from airflow.utils import timezone
 
 
 class HITLTriggerEventSuccessPayload(TypedDict, total=False):
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def serialize(self) -> tuple[str, dict[str, Any]]:
     async def run(self) -> AsyncIterator[TriggerEvent]:
         """Loop until the Human-in-the-loop response received or timeout reached."""
         while True:
-            if self.timeout_datetime and self.timeout_datetime < timezone.utcnow():
+            if self.timeout_datetime and self.timeout_datetime < utcnow():
                 if self.defaults is None:
                     yield TriggerEvent(
                         HITLTriggerEventFailurePayload(