diff --git a/skills/performing-malware-ioc-extraction/scripts/agent.py b/skills/performing-malware-ioc-extraction/scripts/agent.py
index 4bc53e86..9fcaee07 100644
--- a/skills/performing-malware-ioc-extraction/scripts/agent.py
+++ b/skills/performing-malware-ioc-extraction/scripts/agent.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import json
 import argparse
 import re
 import hashlib
+from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ def generate_ioc_report(file_path, output=None):
     hashes = hash_file(file_path)
     strings = extract_strings(file_path)
     report = {
-        "generated": datetime.utcnow().isoformat() if "datetime" in dir() else "",
+        "generated": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
         "file_info": hashes,
         "strings_analysis": {
             "total": strings["total_strings"],