diff --git a/lib/stoplight/admin/views/_card.erb b/lib/stoplight/admin/views/_card.erb
index e9ae5e79..8bd521aa 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/admin/views/_card.erb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/admin/views/_card.erb
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
       </div>
       <% if light.latest_failure %>
         <div class="whitespace-nowrap">
-          <%= Time.at(light.latest_failure.time).strftime("%T") %>
+          <%= light.latest_failure.time.strftime("%T") %>
         </div>
       <% end %>
     </div>
diff --git a/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory.rb b/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory.rb
index 66e92b25..a9df4ea6 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory.rb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory.rb
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ def transition_to_color(config, color)
       end
 
       private def current_time
-        Time.now
+        Time.now.utc
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory/sliding_window.rb b/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory/sliding_window.rb
index 0c49558e..6e713286 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory/sliding_window.rb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/data_store/memory/sliding_window.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def sum_in_window(window_start)
         end
 
         private def current_time
-          Time.now
+          Time.now.utc
         end
 
         def inspect
diff --git a/lib/stoplight/data_store/redis.rb b/lib/stoplight/data_store/redis.rb
index e972ac1c..3bbc5872 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/data_store/redis.rb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/data_store/redis.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def bucket_key(light_name, metric:, time:)
       end
 
       KEY_SEPARATOR = ":"
-      KEY_PREFIX = %w[stoplight v5].join(KEY_SEPARATOR)
+      KEY_PREFIX = %w[stoplight v6].join(KEY_SEPARATOR)
 
       # @param redis [::Redis, ConnectionPool<::Redis>]
       # @param warn_on_clock_skew [Boolean] (true) Whether to warn about clock skew between Redis and
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ def transition_to_color(config, color)
       end
 
       private def current_time
-        Time.now
+        Time.now.utc
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/stoplight/failure.rb b/lib/stoplight/failure.rb
index 113fb34d..ef616427 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/failure.rb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/failure.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 module Stoplight
   class Failure # rubocop:disable Style/Documentation
-    TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%N%:z"
-
     # @return [String]
     attr_reader :error_class
     # @return [String]
@@ -16,7 +14,7 @@ class Failure # rubocop:disable Style/Documentation
 
     # @param error [Exception]
     # @return (see #initialize)
-    def self.from_error(error, time: Time.now)
+    def self.from_error(error, time: Time.now.utc)
       new(error.class.name, error.message, time)
     end
 
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ def self.from_json(json)
 
       error_class = error_object["class"]
       error_message = error_object["message"]
-      time = Time.at(object["time"])
+      time = Time.at(object["time"]).utc
 
       new(error_class, error_message, time)
     end
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ def self.from_json(json)
     def initialize(error_class, error_message, time)
       @error_class = error_class
       @error_message = error_message
-      @time = Time.at(time.to_i) # truncate to seconds
+      @time = Time.at(time.to_i).utc # truncate to seconds
     end
 
     # @param other [Failure]
diff --git a/lib/stoplight/metadata.rb b/lib/stoplight/metadata.rb
index 7667c4e9..63e07921 100644
--- a/lib/stoplight/metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/stoplight/metadata.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Stoplight
     :current_time
   ) do
     def initialize(
-      current_time: Time.now,
+      current_time: Time.now.utc,
       successes: 0,
       errors: 0,
       recovery_probe_successes: 0,
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ def initialize(
         recovery_probe_errors: recovery_probe_errors.to_i,
         successes: successes.to_i,
         errors: errors.to_i,
-        last_error_at: (Time.at(Integer(last_error_at)) if last_error_at),
-        last_success_at: (Time.at(Integer(last_success_at)) if last_success_at),
+        last_error_at: (Time.at(Integer(last_error_at)).utc if last_error_at),
+        last_success_at: (Time.at(Integer(last_success_at)).utc if last_success_at),
         consecutive_errors: consecutive_errors.to_i,
         consecutive_successes: consecutive_successes.to_i,
         last_error:,
-        breached_at: (Time.at(Integer(breached_at)) if breached_at),
+        breached_at: (Time.at(Integer(breached_at)).utc if breached_at),
         locked_state: locked_state || State::UNLOCKED,
-        recovery_scheduled_after: (Time.at(Integer(recovery_scheduled_after)) if recovery_scheduled_after),
-        recovery_started_at: (Time.at(Integer(recovery_started_at)) if recovery_started_at),
-        recovered_at: (Time.at(Integer(recovered_at)) if recovered_at),
+        recovery_scheduled_after: (Time.at(Integer(recovery_scheduled_after)).utc if recovery_scheduled_after),
+        recovery_started_at: (Time.at(Integer(recovery_started_at)).utc if recovery_started_at),
+        recovered_at: (Time.at(Integer(recovered_at)).utc if recovered_at),
         current_time:,
       )
     end
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def initialize(
     # @param kwargs [Hash{Symbol => Object}]
     # @return [Metadata]
     def with(**kwargs)
-      self.class.new(**to_h.merge(current_time: Time.now, **kwargs))
+      self.class.new(**to_h.merge(current_time: Time.now.utc, **kwargs))
     end
 
     # @return [String] one of +Color::GREEN+, +Color::RED+, or +Color::YELLOW+
diff --git a/spec/stoplight/data_store/redis_spec.rb b/spec/stoplight/data_store/redis_spec.rb
index f6152c95..ad0dfddd 100644
--- a/spec/stoplight/data_store/redis_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/stoplight/data_store/redis_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
       it "returns a single bucket key" do
         is_expected.to contain_exactly(
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696154400"
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696154400"
         )
       end
     end
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@
 
       it "returns all bucket keys within the window" do
         is_expected.to contain_exactly(
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696140000",
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696143600",
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696147200",
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696150800"
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696140000",
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696143600",
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696147200",
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696150800"
         )
       end
     end
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
       it "returns the single bucket key" do
         is_expected.to contain_exactly(
-          "stoplight:v5:metrics:test-light:failures:1696150800"
+          "stoplight:v6:metrics:test-light:failures:1696150800"
         )
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/stoplight/failure_spec.rb b/spec/stoplight/failure_spec.rb
index 632d9285..87cc40b6 100644
--- a/spec/stoplight/failure_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/stoplight/failure_spec.rb
@@ -113,14 +113,4 @@
         .to eql(json)
     end
   end
-
-  describe "::TIME_FORMAT" do
-    it "is a string" do
-      expect(described_class::TIME_FORMAT).to be_a(String)
-    end
-
-    it "is frozen" do
-      expect(described_class::TIME_FORMAT).to be_frozen
-    end
-  end
 end