diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acba6af31f6..4e09ac83c51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <version>3.0.1</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptions.java b/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptions.java
index 3edd61ddc78..9846ad61fb5 100644
--- a/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptions.java
+++ b/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/main/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptions.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.ComponentUtil;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.UI;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.AbstractConfigurationObject;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.Global;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.Lang;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.style.Theme;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.util.ChartSerialization;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public class ChartOptions extends AbstractConfigurationObject {
     @JsonUnwrapped
     private Theme theme;
     private Lang lang;
+    private Global global;
     private transient JreJsonFactory jsonFactory;
 
     protected ChartOptions() {
@@ -94,6 +96,30 @@ public void setTheme(Theme theme) {
         updateOptions();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the {@link Global} in use or {@code null} if no global configuration
+     * has been set.
+     *
+     * @return the {@link Global} in use or {@code null}.
+     */
+    public Global getGlobal() {
+        return global;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Changes the Global params of all charts.
+     * <p/>
+     * Note that if the view is already drawn, all existing {@link Chart}s will
+     * be redrawn.
+     *
+     * @param global
+     */
+    public void setGlobal(Global global) {
+        this.global = global;
+        updateOptions();
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Returns a ChartOptions instance for the given UI. If a ChartOptions
      * extension has not yet been added, a new one is created and added.
diff --git a/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptionsJSONSerializationTest.java b/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptionsJSONSerializationTest.java
index 3f3f61fcb65..2079e22f1b0 100644
--- a/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptionsJSONSerializationTest.java
+++ b/vaadin-charts-flow-parent/vaadin-charts-flow/src/test/java/com/vaadin/flow/component/charts/ChartOptionsJSONSerializationTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.UI;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.Global;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.model.Lang;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.charts.util.ChartSerialization;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
@@ -84,4 +85,34 @@ public void toJSON_LangWithFinnishLocale_LocaleSerialized_Days()
 
         Assert.assertArrayEquals(fiDays, chartOptions.getLang().getWeekdays());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void toJSON_GlobalWithoutUTC()
+            throws IOException {
+        final Global noUTC = new Global();
+        noUTC.setUseUTC(false);
+
+        options.setGlobal(noUTC);
+        String json = toJSON(options);
+
+        ObjectMapper om = ChartSerialization.createObjectMapper();
+        ChartOptions chartOptions = om.readValue(json, ChartOptions.class);
+
+        Assert.assertFalse(chartOptions.getGlobal().getUseUTC());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void toJSON_GlobalWithUTC()
+            throws IOException {
+        final Global withUTC = new Global();
+        withUTC.setUseUTC(true);
+
+        options.setGlobal(withUTC);
+        String json = toJSON(options);
+
+        ObjectMapper om = ChartSerialization.createObjectMapper();
+        ChartOptions chartOptions = om.readValue(json, ChartOptions.class);
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(chartOptions.getGlobal().getUseUTC());
+    }
 }
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