diff --git a/tool/tsh/common/kube_test.go b/tool/tsh/common/kube_test.go
index ac19165591d30..c35d380fc830c 100644
--- a/tool/tsh/common/kube_test.go
+++ b/tool/tsh/common/kube_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
+	"github.com/jonboulle/clockwork"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -365,6 +366,7 @@ func TestKubeSelection(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg.Kube.ResourceMatchers = []services.ResourceMatcher{{
 				Labels: map[string]apiutils.Strings{"*": {"*"}},
 			}}
+			cfg.Clock = clockwork.NewFakeClock()
 		}),
 	)
 	kubeBarEKS := "bar-eks-us-west-1-123456789012"
diff --git a/tool/tsh/common/tsh_test.go b/tool/tsh/common/tsh_test.go
index d8f0f3dd1a3b0..7959fc6596a36 100644
--- a/tool/tsh/common/tsh_test.go
+++ b/tool/tsh/common/tsh_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/gravitational/trace"
+	"github.com/jonboulle/clockwork"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	otlp "go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp/trace/v1"
@@ -1808,7 +1809,11 @@ func TestSSHAccessRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	alice.SetTraits(traits)
 
-	rootAuth, rootProxy := makeTestServers(t, withBootstrap(requester, nodeAccessRole, connector, alice))
+	rootAuth, rootProxy := makeTestServers(t,
+		withBootstrap(requester, nodeAccessRole, connector, alice),
+		withConfig(func(cfg *servicecfg.Config) {
+			cfg.Clock = clockwork.NewFakeClock()
+		}))
 
 	authAddr, err := rootAuth.AuthAddr()
 	require.NoError(t, err)