diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index c48715dc..1ce61b43 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import re
-from datetime import timezone
 from html import unescape
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from urllib.parse import ParseResult, unquote, urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
@@ -593,7 +592,7 @@ class Article(Content):
             if self.date.tzinfo is None:
                 now = datetime.datetime.now()
             else:
-                now = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+                now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
             if self.date > now:
                 self.status = "draft"