diff --git a/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/integration_test.go b/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/integration_test.go
index ac6bff8..7fd1aac 100644
--- a/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/integration_test.go
+++ b/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/integration_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ var _ = Describe("sslip.io-dns-server", func() {
 			Entry("A (or lack thereof) for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeA example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeA example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry("A for www-127-0-0-1.sslip.io",
 				"@localhost www-127-0-0-1.sslip.io +short",
 				`\A127.0.0.1\n\z`,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var _ = Describe("sslip.io-dns-server", func() {
 			Entry("AAAA not found for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com aaaa +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeAAAA example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeAAAA example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry("AAAA for www-2601-646-100-69f0-1c09-bae7-aa42-146c.sslip.io",
 				"@localhost www-2601-646-100-69f0-1c09-bae7-aa42-146c.sslip.io aaaa +short",
 				`\A2601:646:100:69f0:1c09:bae7:aa42:146c\n\z`,
@@ -92,23 +92,23 @@ var _ = Describe("sslip.io-dns-server", func() {
 			Entry("CNAME not found for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com cname +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeCNAME example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeCNAME example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry("MX for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com mx +short",
 				`\A0 example.com.\n\z`,
 				`TypeMX example.com. \? 0 example.com.\n$`),
 			Entry("SOA for sslip.io",
 				"@localhost sslip.io soa +short",
-				`\Asslip.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n\z`,
-				`TypeSOA sslip.io. \? sslip.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`\Asslip.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n\z`,
+				`TypeSOA sslip.io. \? sslip.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry("SOA for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com soa +short",
-				`\Aexample.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n\z`,
-				`TypeSOA example.com. \? example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`\Aexample.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n\z`,
+				`TypeSOA example.com. \? example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry("SRV (or other record that we don't implement) for example.com",
 				"@localhost example.com srv +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeSRV example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeSRV example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry(`TXT for version.status.sslip.io is the version number of the xip software (which gets overwritten during linking)`,
 				"@127.0.0.1 version.status.sslip.io txt +short",
 				`\A"dev"\n"today"\n"xxx"\n\z`,
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ var _ = Describe("sslip.io-dns-server", func() {
 			Entry(`TXT is the querier's IPv4 address and the domain is NOT "ip.sslip.io"`,
 				"@127.0.0.1 example.com txt +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeTXT example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeTXT example.com. \? nil, SOA example.com. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry(`getting a non-existent value: TXT for my-key.k-v.io"`,
 				"@127.0.0.1 my-key.k-v.io txt +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeTXT my-key.k-v.io. \? nil, SOA my-key.k-v.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeTXT my-key.k-v.io. \? nil, SOA my-key.k-v.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 			Entry(`putting a value: TXT for put.MyValue.MY-KEY.k-v.io"`,
 				"@127.0.0.1 put.MyValue.MY-KEY.k-v.io txt +short",
 				`"MyValue"`,
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ var _ = Describe("sslip.io-dns-server", func() {
 			Entry(`getting a non-existent value: TXT for my-key.k-v.io"`,
 				"@127.0.0.1 my-key.k-v.io txt +short",
 				`\A\z`,
-				`TypeTXT my-key.k-v.io. \? nil, SOA my-key.k-v.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2021123100 900 900 1800 300\n$`),
+				`TypeTXT my-key.k-v.io. \? nil, SOA my-key.k-v.io. briancunnie.gmail.com. 2022011900 900 900 1800 180\n$`),
 		)
 	})
 	Describe("for more complex assertions", func() {
diff --git a/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/xip/xip.go b/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/xip/xip.go
index f0398b5..51d70da 100644
--- a/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/xip/xip.go
+++ b/bosh-release/src/sslip.io-dns-server/xip/xip.go
@@ -755,12 +755,14 @@ func SOAResource(name dnsmessage.Name) dnsmessage.SOAResource {
 	return dnsmessage.SOAResource{
 		NS:     name,
 		MBox:   mbox,
-		Serial: 2021123100,
-		// cribbed the Refresh/Retry/Expire from google.com
+		Serial: 2022011900,
+		// cribbed the Refresh/Retry/Expire from google.com.
+		// MinTTL was 300, but I dropped to 180 for faster
+		// key-value propagation
 		Refresh: 900,
 		Retry:   900,
 		Expire:  1800,
-		MinTTL:  300,
+		MinTTL:  180,
 	}
 }