diff --git a/crates/uv-extract/src/stream.rs b/crates/uv-extract/src/stream.rs
index fdb834ed7d94..b7b6b21f9b05 100644
--- a/crates/uv-extract/src/stream.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-extract/src/stream.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub async fn untar<R: tokio::io::AsyncBufRead + Unpin>(
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let decompressed_bytes = async_compression::tokio::bufread::GzipDecoder::new(reader);
     let mut archive = tokio_tar::ArchiveBuilder::new(decompressed_bytes)
-        .set_preserve_permissions(false)
+        .set_preserve_mtime(false)
         .build();
     Ok(archive.unpack(target.as_ref()).await?)
 }
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/pip_sync.rs b/crates/uv/tests/pip_sync.rs
index 53d980d40f0d..8c752c9518fd 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/pip_sync.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/pip_sync.rs
@@ -2709,3 +2709,28 @@ fn conflicting_requirement() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Don't preserve the mtime from .tar.gz files, it may be the unix epoch (1970-01-01), while Python's zip
+/// implementation can't handle files with an mtime older than 1980.
+/// See also <https://github.com/alexcrichton/tar-rs/issues/349>.
+#[test]
+fn tar_dont_preserve_mtime() -> Result<()> {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+    let requirements_txt = context.temp_dir.child("requirements.txt");
+    requirements_txt.write_str("tomli @ https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c0/3f/d7af728f075fb08564c5949a9c95e44352e23dee646869fa104a3b2060a3/tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz")?;
+
+    uv_snapshot!(command(&context)
+        .arg("requirements.txt"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    Resolved 1 package in [TIME]
+    Downloaded 1 package in [TIME]
+    Installed 1 package in [TIME]
+     + tomli==2.0.1 (from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c0/3f/d7af728f075fb08564c5949a9c95e44352e23dee646869fa104a3b2060a3/tomli-2.0.1.tar.gz)
+    "###);
+
+    Ok(())
+}