diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f2807196..a08ffae0 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8.1
+3.8.2
diff --git a/pkg/workloads/console/events/events.go b/pkg/workloads/console/events/events.go
index 1da76fe2..8ddef2e9 100644
--- a/pkg/workloads/console/events/events.go
+++ b/pkg/workloads/console/events/events.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ type ConsoleTerminatedEvent struct {
 func NewConsoleEventID(context, namespace, console string, time time.Time) string {
 	return strings.Join([]string{
 		// year (2006) month (01) day (02) hour (15) minute (04) second (05)
-		time.Format("20060102150405"),
+		time.UTC().Format("20060102150405"),
 		context, namespace, console,
 	}, "/")
 }