diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8ebcbc1e..8e0ebcf7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2486,8 +2486,8 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "uu_hugetop"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
- "chrono",
  "clap",
+ "jiff",
  "tempfile",
  "uucore 0.7.0",
 ]
diff --git a/src/uu/hugetop/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/hugetop/Cargo.toml
index 983bfea8..c3365645 100644
--- a/src/uu/hugetop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/hugetop/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ version.workspace = true
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
+jiff = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/uu/hugetop/src/hugetop.rs b/src/uu/hugetop/src/hugetop.rs
index 53c6fed1..06a9943b 100644
--- a/src/uu/hugetop/src/hugetop.rs
+++ b/src/uu/hugetop/src/hugetop.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
-use chrono::{DateTime, Local};
 use clap::{value_parser, Arg, Command};
+use jiff::Timestamp;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
 }
 
 fn print_summary(numa: bool, human: bool) {
-    let now: DateTime<Local> = Local::now();
-    println!("hugetop - {}", now.format("%a %b %e %T %Y"));
+    let now = Timestamp::now();
+    println!("hugetop - {}", now.strftime("%a %b %e %T %Y"));
 
     let pools = match read_node_hugepage_pools() {
         Ok(nodes) if numa => {