diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 7f9cb6340b..39df639fe6 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -302,7 +302,10 @@ tasks {
         useJUnitPlatform()
         maxHeapSize = "2g"
         maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" + "-Duser.country=US"
+        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" + 
+            // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US 
+            "-Duser.country=US" + 
+            "-Duser.language=en"
     }
 }