diff --git a/testgres/plugins/pg_probackup2/pg_probackup2/init_helpers.py b/testgres/plugins/pg_probackup2/pg_probackup2/init_helpers.py
index 7af21eb6..23777e92 100644
--- a/testgres/plugins/pg_probackup2/pg_probackup2/init_helpers.py
+++ b/testgres/plugins/pg_probackup2/pg_probackup2/init_helpers.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         parts[0] = re.match(r'\d+', parts[0]).group()
         self.pg_config_version = reduce(lambda v, x: v * 100 + int(x), parts, 0)
 
+        os.environ['LANGUAGE'] = 'en'   # set default locale language to en. All messages will use this locale
         test_env = os.environ.copy()
         envs_list = [
             'LANGUAGE',