diff --git a/node/pkg/p2p/gossip_cutover.go b/node/pkg/p2p/gossip_cutover.go
index 83e591b1c2..bf607320c5 100644
--- a/node/pkg/p2p/gossip_cutover.go
+++ b/node/pkg/p2p/gossip_cutover.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // The format of this time is very picky. Please use the exact format specified by cutOverFmtStr!
 const mainnetCutOverTimeStr = ""
-const testnetCutOverTimeStr = ""
+const testnetCutOverTimeStr = "2024-09-24T09:00:00-0500"
 const devnetCutOverTimeStr = "2024-08-01T00:00:00-0500"
 const cutOverFmtStr = "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700"
 
diff --git a/node/pkg/processor/cutover.go b/node/pkg/processor/cutover.go
index 2863d3569a..7d7969796f 100644
--- a/node/pkg/processor/cutover.go
+++ b/node/pkg/processor/cutover.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // The format of this time is very picky. Please use the exact format specified by cutOverFmtStr!
 const mainnetCutOverTimeStr = ""
-const testnetCutOverTimeStr = ""
+const testnetCutOverTimeStr = "2024-09-24T09:00:00-0500"
 const devnetCutOverTimeStr = "2024-08-01T00:00:00-0500"
 const cutOverFmtStr = "2006-01-02T15:04:05-0700"