diff --git a/bigquery/value.go b/bigquery/value.go
index ec6c26996c86..34070d033f99 100644
--- a/bigquery/value.go
+++ b/bigquery/value.go
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ func convertBasicType(val string, typ FieldType) (Value, error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		return time.UnixMicro(i), nil
+		return time.UnixMicro(i).UTC(), nil
 	case DateFieldType:
 		return civil.ParseDate(val)
 	case TimeFieldType:
diff --git a/bigquery/value_test.go b/bigquery/value_test.go
index d6db62b8fd9d..57c3429d13e3 100644
--- a/bigquery/value_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/value_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ func TestConvertTime(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("#%d: got:\n%v\nwant:\n%v", i, g, w)
 		}
 	}
+	// Ensure that the times are returned in UTC timezone.
+	// https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-go/issues/9407
+	if gotTZ := got[0].(time.Time).Location(); gotTZ != time.UTC {
+		t.Errorf("expected time zone UTC: got:\n%v", gotTZ)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestConvertSmallTimes(t *testing.T) {