diff --git a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/taskomatic/task/payg/PaygAuthDataExtractor.java b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/taskomatic/task/payg/PaygAuthDataExtractor.java
index d78f3a3da7ce..cc9c9d9cd5cd 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/taskomatic/task/payg/PaygAuthDataExtractor.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/taskomatic/task/payg/PaygAuthDataExtractor.java
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@
 public class PaygAuthDataExtractor {
 
     private static final Path PAYG_INSTANCE_INFO_JSON = Path.of("/var/cache/rhn/payg.json");
-
-    private static final int VALIDITY_MINUTES = 10;
+    private static final int VALIDITY_MINUTES = 11;
 
     private static final String CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_PROPEERRTY = "java.payg.connection_timeout";
     private static final String WAIT_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT_PROPEERRTY = "java.payg.repsonse_timeout";
diff --git a/java/code/src/com/suse/cloud/CloudPaygManager.java b/java/code/src/com/suse/cloud/CloudPaygManager.java
index 3df7d2f9b863..d81d9e7413bd 100644
--- a/java/code/src/com/suse/cloud/CloudPaygManager.java
+++ b/java/code/src/com/suse/cloud/CloudPaygManager.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
  */
 public class CloudPaygManager {
     private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(CloudPaygManager.class);
-    public static final Path PAYG_COMPLIANCE_INFO_JSON = Path.of("/var/cache/rhn/payg_compliance.json");
+
+    private static final Path PAYG_COMPLIANCE_INFO_JSON = Path.of("/var/cache/rhn/payg_compliance.json");
+    private static final int VALIDITY_MINUTES = 11;
 
     private final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
 
@@ -142,6 +144,12 @@ private boolean detectIsCompliant() {
         // Parse the compliance info from the external json file, if available
         complainceInfo = getInstanceComplianceInfo();
 
+        // Verify the information is correctly updated
+        if (Duration.between(complainceInfo.getTimestamp(), Instant.now()).toMinutes() > VALIDITY_MINUTES) {
+            LOG.error("The instance compliance info is not up-to-date.");
+            return false;
+        }
+
         // If it's not payg, it's always compliant
         if (!complainceInfo.isPaygInstance()) {
             return true;