diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile b/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
index ee0ef3a6fd..4fcda7e439 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME := firmware-utils
-PKG_RELEASE := 1
+PKG_RELEASE := 2
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/src/addpattern.c b/tools/firmware-utils/src/addpattern.c
index 9bc4865335..9791527878 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/src/addpattern.c
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/src/addpattern.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	ptm = localtime(&t);
+	ptm = gmtime(&t);
 
 	if (3 != sscanf(version, "v%d.%d.%d", &v0, &v1, &v2)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "bad version string \"%s\"\n", version);
diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
index a5f3ced16d..0af1fe4c6e 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ static struct image_partition_entry make_soft_version(uint32_t rev) {
 	else if (time(&t) == (time_t)(-1))
 		error(1, errno, "time");
 
-	struct tm *tm = localtime(&t);
+	struct tm *tm = gmtime(&t);
 
 	s->magic = htonl(0x0000000c);
 	s->zero = 0;