diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1130c9b..482780e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2016,9 +2016,9 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
-version = "0.4.34"
+version = "0.4.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5bc015644b92d5890fab7489e49d21f879d5c990186827d42ec511919404f38b"
+checksum = "8eaf5903dcbc0a39312feb77df2ff4c76387d591b9fc7b04a238dcf8bb62639a"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
diff --git a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/models.rs b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/models.rs
index e4514b7..e03ab19 100644
--- a/auth/simple-auth-server/src/models.rs
+++ b/auth/simple-auth-server/src/models.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #![allow(clippy::extra_unused_lifetimes)]
 
+use chrono::{NaiveDateTime, TimeDelta, Utc};
 use diesel::{r2d2::ConnectionManager, PgConnection};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use super::schema::*;
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ pub type Pool = r2d2::Pool<ConnectionManager<PgConnection>>;
 pub struct User {
     pub email: String,
     pub hash: String,
-    pub created_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+    pub created_at: NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
 impl User {
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ impl User {
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Queryable, Insertable)]
 #[diesel(table_name = invitations)]
 pub struct Invitation {
-    pub id: uuid::Uuid,
+    pub id: Uuid,
     pub email: String,
-    pub expires_at: chrono::NaiveDateTime,
+    pub expires_at: NaiveDateTime,
 }
 
 // any type that implements Into<String> can be used to create Invitation
@@ -41,9 +43,9 @@ where
 {
     fn from(email: T) -> Self {
         Invitation {
-            id: uuid::Uuid::new_v4(),
+            id: Uuid::new_v4(),
             email: email.into(),
-            expires_at: chrono::Local::now().naive_local() + chrono::Duration::hours(24),
+            expires_at: (Utc::now() + TimeDelta::try_hours(24).unwrap()).naive_utc(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/background-jobs/src/routes.rs b/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
index 261e33f..b715ec2 100644
--- a/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
+++ b/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use actix_web::{
     HttpResponse, Responder,
 };
 use apalis::{prelude::*, redis::RedisStorage};
-use chrono::{Duration, Utc};
+use chrono::{TimeDelta, Utc};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::{persistent_jobs::Email, ItemCache};
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use crate::{persistent_jobs::Email, ItemCache};
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub(crate) struct CacheInsert {
     data: String,
-    duration: u64,
+    duration: u32,
 }
 
 #[get("/cache")]
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn cache_item(
     cache: Data<ItemCache>,
     web::Json(form): web::Json<CacheInsert>,
 ) -> actix_web::Result<impl Responder> {
-    let expires = Utc::now() + Duration::seconds(form.duration as i64);
+    let expires = Utc::now() + TimeDelta::try_seconds(form.duration as i64).unwrap();
 
     // insert into item cache
     cache.lock().unwrap().insert(form.data, expires);
diff --git a/middleware/rate-limit/src/rate_limit.rs b/middleware/rate-limit/src/rate_limit.rs
index e985b0a..6b28387 100644
--- a/middleware/rate-limit/src/rate_limit.rs
+++ b/middleware/rate-limit/src/rate_limit.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use actix_web::{
     dev::{forward_ready, Service, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse, Transform},
     Error, HttpResponse,
 };
-use chrono::{Local, NaiveDateTime};
-use futures_util::{future::LocalBoxFuture, FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+use futures_util::{future::LocalBoxFuture, FutureExt as _, TryFutureExt as _};
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct RateLimitService<S> {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct TokenBucket {
     capacity: u64,
 
     /// Time that last request was accepted.
-    last_req_time: NaiveDateTime,
+    last_req_time: DateTime<Utc>,
 
     /// Numbers of tokens remaining.
     ///
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl TokenBucket {
     fn new(limit: u64) -> Self {
         TokenBucket {
             limit,
-            last_req_time: NaiveDateTime::UNIX_EPOCH,
+            last_req_time: DateTime::<Utc>::UNIX_EPOCH,
             capacity: limit,
             tokens: 0,
         }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ impl TokenBucket {
 
     /// Mutates leaky bucket for accepted request.
     fn allow_query(&mut self) -> bool {
-        let current_time = Local::now().naive_local();
+        let current_time = Utc::now();
 
         let time_elapsed = (current_time.timestamp() - self.last_req_time.timestamp()) as u64;