diff --git a/e2e/dashboards-suite/dashboard-templating.spec.ts b/e2e/dashboards-suite/dashboard-templating.spec.ts
index 8ce63e4a975..0449f408868 100644
--- a/e2e/dashboards-suite/dashboard-templating.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/dashboards-suite/dashboard-templating.spec.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ import { e2e } from '../utils';
 describe('Dashboard templating', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     e2e.flows.login(Cypress.env('USERNAME'), Cypress.env('PASSWORD'));
+    // Note: Only works in Chrome/Chromium-based browsers
+    Cypress.automation('remote:debugger:protocol', {
+      command: 'Emulation.setTimezoneOverride',
+      params: {
+        timezoneId: 'Pacific/Easter', // OR  'UTC'
+      },
+    });
   });
 
   it('Verify variable interpolation works', () => {