diff --git a/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py b/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
index 83bb6f5..e5fb59a 100644
--- a/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
+++ b/eventtracking/backends/tests/test_event_bus.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 from eventtracking.backends.event_bus import EventBusRoutingBackend
 
+from datetime import datetime
 
 class TestAsyncRoutingBackend(TestCase):
     """
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def test_successful_send_event(self, mock_get_producer):
                 "event_data": {
                     "tracking_log": TrackingLogData(
                         name=self.sample_event["name"],
-                        timestamp=self.sample_event["timestamp"],
+                        timestamp=datetime.strptime(self.sample_event["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z"),
                         data=json.dumps(self.sample_event["data"]),
                         context=json.dumps(self.sample_event["context"]),
                     )