diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7d6950f9..3ce6a3925 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # package:sentry changelog
 
+## 0.0.6
+
+- use UTC in the `timestamp` field
+
 ## 0.0.5
 
 - remove sub-seconds from the timestamp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db90a8e09..55830291e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ main() async {
 
 [run_zoned]: https://api.dartlang.org/stable/1.24.1/dart-async/runZoned.html
 [flutter_error]: https://docs.flutter.io/flutter/foundation/FlutterError/onError.html
+
+## Found a bug?
+
+Please file it at https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/new
diff --git a/lib/sentry.dart b/lib/sentry.dart
index e65a4b927..73d97cae5 100644
--- a/lib/sentry.dart
+++ b/lib/sentry.dart
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class SentryClient {
     UuidGenerator uuidGenerator,
   }) {
     httpClient ??= new Client();
-    clock ??= const Clock();
+    clock ??= const Clock(_getUtcDateTime);
     uuidGenerator ??= _generateUuidV4WithoutDashes;
     compressPayload ??= true;
 
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ class SeverityLevel {
   final String name;
 }
 
+/// Sentry does not take a timezone and instead expects the date-time to be
+/// submitted in UTC timezone.
+DateTime _getUtcDateTime() => new DateTime.now().toUtc();
+
 /// An event to be reported to Sentry.io.
 @immutable
 class Event {
diff --git a/lib/src/version.dart b/lib/src/version.dart
index 7722e1175..3b44835c5 100644
--- a/lib/src/version.dart
+++ b/lib/src/version.dart
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 library version;
 
 /// The SDK version reported to Sentry.io in the submitted events.
-const String sdkVersion = '0.0.5';
+const String sdkVersion = '0.0.6';
 
 /// The SDK name reported to Sentry.io in the submitted events.
 const String sdkName = 'dart';
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index b9ddea4c2..89d511083 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 name: sentry
-version: 0.0.5
+version: 0.0.6
 description: A pure Dart Sentry.io client.
 author: Flutter Authors <flutter-dev@googlegroups.com>
 homepage: https://github.com/flutter/sentry
 
 dependencies:
-  http: ">=0.11.3+13 <2.0.0"
-  meta: ">=1.0.5 <2.0.0"
+  http: ">=0.11.0 <2.0.0"
+  meta: ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0"
   quiver: ">=0.25.0 <2.0.0"
-  stack_trace: ">=1.7.3 <2.0.0"
-  usage: ">=3.1.1 <4.0.0"
+  stack_trace: ">=1.0.0 <2.0.0"
+  usage: ">=3.0.0 <4.0.0"
 
 dev_dependencies:
-  args: ">=0.13.7 <2.0.0"
-  test: ">=0.12.21 <2.0.0"
-  yaml: ">=2.1.12 <3.0.0"
-  mockito: ">=2.0.2 <3.0.0"
+  args: ">=0.13.0 <2.0.0"
+  test: ">=0.12.0 <2.0.0"
+  yaml: ">=2.1.0 <3.0.0"
+  mockito: ">=2.0.0 <3.0.0"
diff --git a/tool/presubmit.sh b/tool/presubmit.sh
index 898a89e8a..a50a5f167 100755
--- a/tool/presubmit.sh
+++ b/tool/presubmit.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 set -x
 
+pub get
 dartanalyzer --strong --fatal-warnings ./
 pub run test --platform vm
 dartfmt -n --set-exit-if-changed ./