diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
index 93848d2cee80456c9b68d165450ddabb5fc88f39..fcf14735ec2721f46f551e326167cb9a59a7e7b5 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ public class BuildTime {
     private static final long _latestTime;
     private static final long YEARS_25 = 25L*365*24*60*60*1000;
     /** update this periodically */
-    private static final String EARLIEST = "2020-11-24 12:00:00 UTC";
+    private static final String EARLIEST = "2021-02-12 12:00:00 UTC";
     // fallback if parse fails ticket #1976
     // date -d 202x-xx-xx +%s
-    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1606194000 * 1000L;
+    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1613106000 * 1000L;
 
     static {
         // this is the standard format of build.timestamp as set in the top-level build.xml