diff --git a/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R b/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
index 0856bab5686c5..f517ce6713133 100644
--- a/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
+++ b/R/pkg/inst/tests/testthat/test_sparkSQL.R
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ mockLinesMapType <- c("{\"name\":\"Bob\",\"info\":{\"age\":16,\"height\":176.5}}
 mapTypeJsonPath <- tempfile(pattern = "sparkr-test", fileext = ".tmp")
 writeLines(mockLinesMapType, mapTypeJsonPath)
 
+if (.Platform$OS.type == "windows") {
+  Sys.setenv(TZ = "GMT")
+}
+
 test_that("calling sparkRSQL.init returns existing SQL context", {
   skip_on_cran()