diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
index 23d5a6642c118b43ce0c75dabba2569955a2cf37..b5683dfee10ae727854ed6979e7913ff1a156c68 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 = "2022-02-10 12:00:00 UTC";
+    private static final String EARLIEST = "2022-05-19 12:00:00 UTC";
     // fallback if parse fails ticket #1976
     // date -d 202x-xx-xx +%s
-    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1644451200 * 1000L;
+    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1652918400 * 1000L;
 
     static {
         // this is the standard format of build.timestamp as set in the top-level build.xml