diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 439cca863141..dd28401e3623 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CCANDIR := ccan
 
 # Where we keep the BOLT RFCs
 BOLTDIR := ../lightning-rfc/
-BOLTVERSION := b4132ff24025742ad8e175d52b68380520e9f0b7
+BOLTVERSION := 7e8c478aef0d23a445845b7d297b0e804583697c
 
 -include config.vars
 
diff --git a/common/gossip_constants.h b/common/gossip_constants.h
index 914dcd24f871..d23ac2d5f39a 100644
--- a/common/gossip_constants.h
+++ b/common/gossip_constants.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 /* BOLT #7:
  *
  * A node:
- *   - if a channel's latest `channel_update`s `timestamp` is older than two weeks
+ *   - if a channel's oldest `channel_update`s `timestamp` is older than two weeks
  *   (1209600 seconds):
  *     - MAY prune the channel.
  *     - MAY ignore the channel.
diff --git a/gossipd/gossipd.c b/gossipd/gossipd.c
index c838d4e33716..398dd7614cb4 100644
--- a/gossipd/gossipd.c
+++ b/gossipd/gossipd.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static void gossip_send_keepalive_update(struct daemon *daemon,
 /* BOLT #7:
  *
  * A node:
- *  - if a channel's latest `channel_update`s `timestamp` is older than two weeks
+ *  - if a channel's oldest `channel_update`s `timestamp` is older than two weeks
  *    (1209600 seconds):
  *     - MAY prune the channel.
  *     - MAY ignore the channel.
diff --git a/gossipd/routing.c b/gossipd/routing.c
index 15704a43fb5a..26e8df2118bd 100644
--- a/gossipd/routing.c
+++ b/gossipd/routing.c
@@ -2777,10 +2777,16 @@ void route_prune(struct routing_state *rstate)
 		if (!is_chan_public(chan))
 			continue;
 
-		if ((!is_halfchan_defined(&chan->half[0])
-		     || chan->half[0].bcast.timestamp < highwater)
-		    && (!is_halfchan_defined(&chan->half[1])
-			|| chan->half[1].bcast.timestamp < highwater)) {
+		/* BOLT #7:
+		 *   - if a channel's oldest `channel_update`s `timestamp` is
+		 *     older than two weeks (1209600 seconds):
+		 *    - MAY prune the channel.
+		 */
+		/* This is a fancy way of saying "both ends must refresh!" */
+		if (!is_halfchan_defined(&chan->half[0])
+		    || chan->half[0].bcast.timestamp < highwater
+		    || !is_halfchan_defined(&chan->half[1])
+		    || chan->half[1].bcast.timestamp < highwater) {
 			status_debug(
 			    "Pruning channel %s from network view (ages %"PRIu64" and %"PRIu64"s)",
 			    type_to_string(tmpctx, struct short_channel_id,