diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 91ed6c8a8..d7f1db035 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ group :development do
   gem "rubocop-rails", require: false
 end
 
+group :test, :staging do
+  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
+end
+
 group :test do
   gem "axe-core-rspec"
   gem "capybara", require: false
@@ -111,7 +115,6 @@ group :test do
   gem "rspec-rails", require: false
   gem "selenium-webdriver", require: false
   gem "simplecov", require: false
-  gem "timecop", "~> 0.9.4"
   gem "webmock", require: false
 end
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/timecop.rb b/config/initializers/timecop.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ab772c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/timecop.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if Rails.env.test?
+  require "timecop"
+  Timecop.travel(Time.zone.local(2026, 4, 1))
+end