diff --git a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Projection/NodeRecord.php b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Projection/NodeRecord.php
index 0b8b7398f5e..fb9ed20a9fc 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Projection/NodeRecord.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Projection/NodeRecord.php
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public static function createCopyFromNodeRecord(
 
     private static function parseDateTimeString(string $string): \DateTimeImmutable
     {
-        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string);
+        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
         if ($result === false) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Failed to parse "%s" into a valid DateTime', $string), 1678902055);
         }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
index f96a6c7cb31..d0b3ab8af50 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentGraph.DoctrineDbalAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ public static function extractNodeTagsFromJson(string $subtreeTagsJson): NodeTag
 
     private static function parseDateTimeString(string $string): \DateTimeImmutable
     {
-        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string);
+        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
         if ($result === false) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Failed to parse "%s" into a valid DateTime', $string), 1678902055);
         }
diff --git a/Neos.ContentGraph.PostgreSQLAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php b/Neos.ContentGraph.PostgreSQLAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
index eb3effb51c0..174db1b35ee 100644
--- a/Neos.ContentGraph.PostgreSQLAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
+++ b/Neos.ContentGraph.PostgreSQLAdapter/src/Domain/Repository/NodeFactory.php
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ public function mapNodeRowsToNodeAggregates(array $nodeRows, VisibilityConstrain
 
     private static function parseDateTimeString(string $string): \DateTimeImmutable
     {
-        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string);
+        $result = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $string, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
         if ($result === false) {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Failed to parse "%s" into a valid DateTime', $string), 1678902055);
         }