diff --git a/lib/middleware/common.js b/lib/middleware/common.js
index 510819e1b..c58883e7e 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/common.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/common.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var createServeFile = function (fs, directory, config) {
 var setNoCacheHeaders = function (response) {
   response.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache')
   response.setHeader('Pragma', 'no-cache')
-  response.setHeader('Expires', (new Date(0)).toString())
+  response.setHeader('Expires', (new Date(0)).toUTCString())
 }
 
 var setHeavyCacheHeaders = function (response) {
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/karma.spec.js b/test/unit/middleware/karma.spec.js
index 841fe8a4f..9ace5ed31 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/karma.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/karma.spec.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ describe('middleware.karma', () => {
   })
 
   it('should send non-caching headers for context.html', (done) => {
-    var ZERO_DATE = (new Date(0)).toString()
+    var ZERO_DATE = (new Date(0)).toUTCString()
 
     includedFiles([])
 
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/source_files.spec.js b/test/unit/middleware/source_files.spec.js
index bdc623ebf..0eb2f8557 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/source_files.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/source_files.spec.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ describe('middleware.source_files', function () {
   })
 
   it('should send no-caching headers for js source files without timestamps', function () {
-    var ZERO_DATE = new RegExp(new Date(0).toString().substring(0, 33).replace(/\+/, '\\+'))
+    var ZERO_DATE = new RegExp(new Date(0).toUTCString())
 
     servedFiles([
       new File('/src/some.js')