diff --git a/src/google/adk/sessions/migration/migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle.py b/src/google/adk/sessions/migration/migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle.py
index 65a78c94012..d88c2460563 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/sessions/migration/migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/sessions/migration/migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle.py
@@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ def _safe_json_load(val: Any) -> dict[str, Any] | None:
       author=row.get("author", "agent"),
       branch=row.get("branch"),
       actions=actions,
-      timestamp=timestamp.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp(),
+      # v0 wrote this column as a naive datetime in local time (via
+      # datetime.fromtimestamp) and read it back the same way, so interpret a
+      # naive value as local time here too. Forcing UTC would shift every
+      # migrated timestamp by the host's UTC offset. datetime.timestamp()
+      # treats naive datetimes as local and honors tzinfo when present.
+      timestamp=timestamp.timestamp(),
       long_running_tool_ids=long_running_tool_ids,
       partial=row.get("partial"),
       turn_complete=row.get("turn_complete"),
diff --git a/tests/unittests/sessions/migration/test_migration.py b/tests/unittests/sessions/migration/test_migration.py
index 9f54a2e0ace..45250f337b9 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/sessions/migration/test_migration.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/sessions/migration/test_migration.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 from datetime import timezone
 import os
 import pickle
+import time
 
 from fastapi.openapi.models import HTTPBearer
 from google.adk.auth.auth_tool import AuthConfig
@@ -367,6 +368,38 @@ def test_migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle_ignores_non_object_json_fields():
   assert event.content is None
 
 
+def test_migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle_reads_naive_timestamp_as_local(
+    monkeypatch,
+):
+  """Naive v0 event timestamps must migrate as local time, not UTC.
+
+  The v0 schema stored the event ``timestamp`` column as a naive datetime in
+  local time (``StorageEvent.from_event`` uses ``datetime.fromtimestamp`` and
+  ``to_event`` reads it back with naive ``.timestamp()``). Forcing UTC on that
+  naive value shifted every migrated timestamp by the host's UTC offset. Pin a
+  fixed non-UTC zone so the round trip is exact regardless of the host.
+  """
+  monkeypatch.setenv("TZ", "Asia/Kolkata")
+  time.tzset()
+  try:
+    original_epoch = 1000000.0
+    # Exactly what v0.StorageEvent.from_event persisted: naive local time.
+    naive_local_timestamp = datetime.fromtimestamp(original_epoch)
+    assert naive_local_timestamp.tzinfo is None
+
+    event = mfsp._row_to_event({
+        "id": "event-naive-timestamp",
+        "invocation_id": "invoke1",
+        "author": "user",
+        "actions": EventActions(),
+        "timestamp": naive_local_timestamp,
+    })
+
+    assert event.timestamp == original_epoch
+  finally:
+    time.tzset()
+
+
 def test_migrate_from_sqlalchemy_pickle_blocks_unsafe_actions_pickle(
     tmp_path, monkeypatch
 ):