diff --git a/backend/linkpulse/models.py b/backend/linkpulse/models.py
index 17aba77..b461b8d 100644
--- a/backend/linkpulse/models.py
+++ b/backend/linkpulse/models.py
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ class Session(BaseModel):
     created_at = DateTimeField(default=utc_now)
     last_used = DateTimeField(null=True)
 
+    @property
+    def expiry_utc(self) -> datetime.datetime:
+        return self.expiry.replace(tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)  # type: ignore
+
     def is_expired(
         self, revoke: bool = True, now: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
     ) -> bool:
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ class Session(BaseModel):
         if now is None:
             now = utc_now()
 
-        if self.expiry < now:
+        if self.expiry_utc < now:
             if revoke:
                 self.delete_instance()
             return True
diff --git a/backend/linkpulse/tests/test_utilities.py b/backend/linkpulse/tests/test_utilities.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d00c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/linkpulse/tests/test_utilities.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from linkpulse.utilities import utc_now
+
+
+def test_utcnow_tz_aware():
+    dt = utc_now()
+    dt.tzinfo is not None and dt.tzinfo.utcoffset(dt) is not None