diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/view.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/view.js.test.cjs
index 9aafe50e41896..41d7a80fe3b16 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/view.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/view.js.test.cjs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dist
 dist-tags:
 latest: 1.0.0
 
-published a year ago
+published {TIME} ago
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/view.js TAP should log info of package in current working dir specific version > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dist
 dist-tags:
 latest: 1.0.0
 
-published a year ago
+published {TIME} ago
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/view.js TAP should log package info package from git > must match snapshot 1`] = `
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ dist
 dist-tags:
 latest: 1.0.0
 
-published a year ago
+published {TIME} ago
 `
 
 exports[`test/lib/view.js TAP workspaces all workspaces --json > must match snapshot 1`] = `
diff --git a/test/lib/view.js b/test/lib/view.js
index 5f2e5a8add5e9..793917adc6476 100644
--- a/test/lib/view.js
+++ b/test/lib/view.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 const t = require('tap')
 
+t.cleanSnapshot = str => str.replace(/published .*? ago/g, 'published {TIME} ago')
+
 // run the same as tap does when running directly with node
 process.stdout.columns = undefined