diff --git a/include/opendht/node.h b/include/opendht/node.h
index dec8c75f7..5219226f1 100644
--- a/include/opendht/node.h
+++ b/include/opendht/node.h
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ struct Node {
     bool isRemovable(const time_point& now) const {
         return isExpired() and isOld(now);
     }
+    bool isUpgradeable(const time_point& now) const {
+        return time + NODE_UPDATE_TIME < now;
+    }
 
     NodeExport exportNode() const {
         NodeExport ne;
@@ -151,6 +154,9 @@ struct Node {
     /* The time after which we consider a node to be expirable. */
     static constexpr const std::chrono::minutes NODE_EXPIRE_TIME {10};
 
+    /* The time after which we consider a node to be upgradeable. */
+    static constexpr const std::chrono::minutes NODE_UPDATE_TIME {1};
+
     /* Time for a request to timeout */
     static constexpr const std::chrono::seconds MAX_RESPONSE_TIME {1};
 
diff --git a/src/node.cpp b/src/node.cpp
index ac2be22df..756beb4de 100644
--- a/src/node.cpp
+++ b/src/node.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace dht {
 
 constexpr std::chrono::minutes Node::NODE_EXPIRE_TIME;
 constexpr std::chrono::minutes Node::NODE_GOOD_TIME;
+constexpr std::chrono::minutes Node::NODE_UPDATE_TIME;
 constexpr std::chrono::seconds Node::MAX_RESPONSE_TIME;
 
 Node::Node(const InfoHash& id, const SockAddr& addr, std::mt19937_64& rd, bool client)
diff --git a/src/node_cache.cpp b/src/node_cache.cpp
index 58a7018a8..a1b8b0d32 100644
--- a/src/node_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/node_cache.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ NodeCache::NodeMap::getNode(const InfoHash& id, const SockAddr& addr, time_point
             cleanup();
             cleanup_counter = 0;
         }
-    } else if (confirm or node->isOld(now)) {
+    } else if ((confirm and node->isUpgradeable(now)) or node->isOld(now)) {
         node->update(addr);
     }
     return node;