diff --git a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/CelOptions.java b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/CelOptions.java
index 9cf9a9caa..e3bb8776e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/CelOptions.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/dev/cel/common/CelOptions.java
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ public static Builder current() {
         .enableUnsignedComparisonAndArithmeticIsUnsigned(true)
         .enableUnsignedLongs(true)
         .enableRegexPartialMatch(true)
+        .enableTimestampEpoch(true)
         .errorOnDuplicateMapKeys(true)
         .evaluateCanonicalTypesToNativeValues(true)
         .errorOnIntWrap(true)