diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/image/ReproducibleLayerBuilder.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/image/ReproducibleLayerBuilder.java
index 505228f739..aa6f300ef7 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/image/ReproducibleLayerBuilder.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/image/ReproducibleLayerBuilder.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public UnwrittenLayer build() {
     TarStreamBuilder tarStreamBuilder = new TarStreamBuilder();
     for (TarArchiveEntry entry : sortedFilesystemEntries) {
       // Strips out all non-reproducible elements from tar archive entries.
-      entry.setModTime(0);
+      entry.setModTime(1);
       entry.setGroupId(0);
       entry.setUserId(0);
       entry.setUserName("");