diff --git a/kazoo/handlers/utils.py b/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
index 858df380..f227baa6 100644
--- a/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
+++ b/kazoo/handlers/utils.py
@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@ def create_tcp_connection(
         # this ugliness...
         timeout = module.getdefaulttimeout()
     if timeout is not None:
-        end = time.time() + timeout
+        end = time.monotonic() + timeout
     sock = None
 
     while True:
-        timeout_at = end if end is None else end - time.time()
+        timeout_at = end if end is None else end - time.monotonic()
         # The condition is not '< 0' here because socket.settimeout treats 0 as
         # a special case to put the socket in non-blocking mode.
         if timeout_at is not None and timeout_at <= 0:
diff --git a/kazoo/protocol/connection.py b/kazoo/protocol/connection.py
index 9b5ce2fb..cee425a2 100644
--- a/kazoo/protocol/connection.py
+++ b/kazoo/protocol/connection.py
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ def __init__(self, hosts, connection_func, socket_handling):
 
     def __iter__(self):
         if not self.last_attempt:
-            self.last_attempt = time.time()
+            self.last_attempt = time.monotonic()
         delay = 0.5
         while True:
             yield self._next_server(delay)
 
     def _next_server(self, delay):
         jitter = random.randint(0, 100) / 100.0
-        while time.time() < self.last_attempt + delay + jitter:
+        while time.monotonic() < self.last_attempt + delay + jitter:
             # Skip rw ping checks if its too soon
             return False
         for host, port in self.hosts:
             log.debug("Pinging server for r/w: %s:%s", host, port)
-            self.last_attempt = time.time()
+            self.last_attempt = time.monotonic()
             try:
                 with self.socket_handling():
                     sock = self.connection((host, port))
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def _next_server(self, delay):
                 return False
 
             # Add some jitter between host pings
-            while time.time() < self.last_attempt + jitter:
+            while time.monotonic() < self.last_attempt + jitter:
                 return False
         delay *= 2
 
@@ -617,14 +617,14 @@ def _connect_attempt(self, host, hostip, port, retry):
             connect_timeout = connect_timeout / 1000.0
             retry.reset()
             self.ping_outstanding.clear()
-            last_send = time.time()
+            last_send = time.monotonic()
             with self._socket_error_handling():
                 while not self.client._stopped.is_set():
                     # Watch for something to read or send
                     jitter_time = random.randint(1, 40) / 100.0
                     deadline = last_send + read_timeout / 2.0 - jitter_time
                     # Ensure our timeout is positive
-                    timeout = max([deadline - time.time(), jitter_time])
+                    timeout = max([deadline - time.monotonic(), jitter_time])
                     s = self.handler.select(
                         [self._socket, self._read_sock], [], [], timeout
                     )[0]
@@ -646,12 +646,12 @@ def _connect_attempt(self, host, hostip, port, retry):
                         if self._read_sock in s:
                             self._send_request(read_timeout, connect_timeout)
                             # Requests act as implicit pings.
-                            last_send = time.time()
+                            last_send = time.monotonic()
                             continue
 
-                    if time.time() >= deadline:
+                    if time.monotonic() >= deadline:
                         self._send_ping(connect_timeout)
-                        last_send = time.time()
+                        last_send = time.monotonic()
             self.logger.info("Closing connection to %s:%s", host, port)
             client._session_callback(KeeperState.CLOSED)
             return STOP_CONNECTING
diff --git a/kazoo/recipe/watchers.py b/kazoo/recipe/watchers.py
index de617775..d4cb0300 100644
--- a/kazoo/recipe/watchers.py
+++ b/kazoo/recipe/watchers.py
@@ -449,4 +449,4 @@ def _inner_start(self):
 
     def _children_watcher(self, async_result, event):
         self.children_changed.set()
-        async_result.set(time.time())
+        async_result.set(time.monotonic())
diff --git a/kazoo/retry.py b/kazoo/retry.py
index 48b94e15..a51a1b56 100644
--- a/kazoo/retry.py
+++ b/kazoo/retry.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def __call__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
         while True:
             try:
                 if self.deadline is not None and self._cur_stoptime is None:
-                    self._cur_stoptime = time.time() + self.deadline
+                    self._cur_stoptime = time.monotonic() + self.deadline
                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
             except ConnectionClosedError:
                 raise
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def __call__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
 
                 if (
                     self._cur_stoptime is not None
-                    and time.time() + sleeptime >= self._cur_stoptime
+                    and time.monotonic() + sleeptime >= self._cur_stoptime
                 ):
                     raise RetryFailedError("Exceeded retry deadline")
 
diff --git a/kazoo/tests/util.py b/kazoo/tests/util.py
index 836775a8..f7298718 100644
--- a/kazoo/tests/util.py
+++ b/kazoo/tests/util.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def __init__(
         timeout=None,
         wait=None,
         exception=None,
-        getnow=(lambda: time.time),
+        getnow=(lambda: time.monotonic),
         getsleep=(lambda: time.sleep),
     ):
         if timeout is not None: