diff --git a/bson/_cbsonmodule.c b/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
index 733ce3de43..d1ea0d6b74 100644
--- a/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
+++ b/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ static PyObject* get_value(PyObject* self, const char* buffer, unsigned* positio
                 Py_DECREF(args);
                 goto invalid;
             }
-            utc_type = _get_object(state->UTC, "bson.tz_util", "UTC");
+            utc_type = _get_object(state->UTC, "bson.tz_util", "utc");
             if (!utc_type || PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "tzinfo", utc_type) == -1) {
                 Py_DECREF(replace);
                 Py_DECREF(args);
diff --git a/doc/contributors.rst b/doc/contributors.rst
index 1a3bc67674..3488fc8cdc 100644
--- a/doc/contributors.rst
+++ b/doc/contributors.rst
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ The following is a list of people who have contributed to
 - Yuchen Ying (yegle)
 - Kyle Erf (3rf)
 - Luke Lovett (lovett89)
+- Jaroslav Semančík (girogiro)