diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
index bbccc8120..7cd492cfc 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplateTests.java
@@ -1651,8 +1651,7 @@ public class MongoTemplateTests {
 	public void findsEntityByDateReference() {
 
 		TypeWithDate entity = new TypeWithDate();
-		entity.date = new Date();
-
+		entity.date = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() - 10);
 		template.save(entity);
 
 		Query query = query(where("date").lt(new Date()));