diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/time/BuildTime.java
index 813f73465..fdeae8d74 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 = "2022-08-13 12:00:00 UTC";
+    private static final String EARLIEST = "2023-01-01 12:00:00 UTC";
     // fallback if parse fails ticket #1976
     // date -d 202x-xx-xx +%s
-    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1660348800 * 1000L;
+    private static final long EARLIEST_LONG = 1672531200 * 1000L;
 
     static {
         // this is the standard format of build.timestamp as set in the top-level build.xml
diff --git a/installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz b/installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
index 5918c371b..9caf7c8b3 100644
Binary files a/installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz and b/installer/resources/GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz differ