diff --git a/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/src/main.rs b/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/src/main.rs
index f8987cb9c03..e83fe20e1b2 100644
--- a/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/functions-templates/rust/hello-world/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use simple_logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
-    SimpleLogger::new().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
+    SimpleLogger::new().with_utc_timestamps().with_level(LevelFilter::Info).init().unwrap();
 
     let func = handler_fn(my_handler);
     lambda_runtime::run(func).await?;
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ pub(crate) async fn my_handler(event: ApiGatewayProxyRequest, _ctx: Context) ->
     };
 
     Ok(resp)
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}