diff --git a/fs/googledrivefs/googledrivefs.py b/fs/googledrivefs/googledrivefs.py
index d2dc776..9975fb8 100644
--- a/fs/googledrivefs/googledrivefs.py
+++ b/fs/googledrivefs/googledrivefs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
+from datetime import datetime, UTC
 from io import BytesIO, SEEK_END
 from logging import getLogger
 from os import close, remove
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def close(self):
 		super().close()  # close the file so that it's readable for upload
 		if self.parsedMode.writing:
 			# google doesn't accept the fractional second part
-			now = datetime.utcnow().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat() + 'Z'
+			now = datetime.now(tz=UTC).replace(microsecond=0, tzinfo=None).isoformat() + 'Z'
 			uploadMetadata = {'modifiedTime': now}
 			if self.thisMetadata is None:
 				uploadMetadata.update(
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ def setinfo(self, path, info):
 					if namespace == 'details':
 						if name == 'modified':
 							# incoming datetimes should be utc timestamps, Google Drive expects RFC 3339
-							updatedData['modifiedTime'] = epoch_to_datetime(value).replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).isoformat()
+							updatedData['modifiedTime'] = epoch_to_datetime(value).replace(tzinfo=UTC).isoformat()
 					elif namespace == 'google':
 						if name == 'indexableText':
 							updatedData['contentHints'] = {'indexableText': value}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c8ff0ff..c6d206f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ coverage xml
 line-length = 200
 lint.ignore = ["ANN", "D", "DTZ", "EM102", "ERA001", "FBT002", "FIX", "G004", "I", "N", "PT009", "PT027", "PT013", "PTH", "S101", "TCH003", "TD", "TRY003", "W191"]
 lint.select = ["ALL"]
-target-version = "py37"
+target-version = "py38"
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.extend-per-file-ignores]
 "__init__.py" = ["F401"]
diff --git a/tests/test_googledrivefs.py b/tests/test_googledrivefs.py
index cc98279..820814f 100644
--- a/tests/test_googledrivefs.py
+++ b/tests/test_googledrivefs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, UTC
 from hashlib import md5
 from io import BytesIO
 from json import load, loads
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def test_webhooks(self):
 
 		self.fs.touch('touched-file.txt')
 
-		expirationDateTime = datetime.now(timezone.utc) + timedelta(minutes=5)
+		expirationDateTime = datetime.now(UTC) + timedelta(minutes=5)
 		subscriptionId = str(uuid4())
 		self.fs.watch('touched-file.txt', tunnel.public_url.replace('http://', 'https://'), subscriptionId, expirationDateTime)
 		info(f'Watching {subscriptionId}')