diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/MirrorService.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/MirrorService.kt
index 239374063..0763cef8e 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/MirrorService.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/MirrorService.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.reposilite.maven
 
 import com.reposilite.journalist.Journalist
 import com.reposilite.journalist.Logger
+import com.reposilite.maven.StoragePolicy.PRIORITIZE_UPSTREAM_METADATA
 import com.reposilite.maven.api.METADATA_FILE
 import com.reposilite.maven.application.MirroredRepositorySettings
 import com.reposilite.shared.ErrorResponse
@@ -29,11 +30,27 @@ import panda.std.Result
 import panda.std.Result.error
 import panda.std.Result.ok
 import java.io.InputStream
+import java.time.Clock
+import java.time.Instant
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit
 
-internal class MirrorService(private val journalist: Journalist) : Journalist {
+internal class MirrorService(
+    private val journalist: Journalist,
+    private val clock: Clock
+) : Journalist {
 
     fun shouldPrioritizeMirrorRepository(repository: Repository, gav: Location): Boolean =
-        repository.storagePolicy == StoragePolicy.PRIORITIZE_UPSTREAM_METADATA && gav.getSimpleName().contains(METADATA_FILE)
+        when {
+            repository.storagePolicy == PRIORITIZE_UPSTREAM_METADATA && gav.getSimpleName().contains(METADATA_FILE) ->
+                repository.metadataMaxAgeInSeconds <= 0 || !isMetadataFileValid(repository, gav)
+            else ->
+                false
+        }
+
+    private fun isMetadataFileValid(repository: Repository, gav: Location): Boolean =
+        repository.storageProvider.getLastModifiedTime(gav)
+            .map { it.toInstant().plus(repository.metadataMaxAgeInSeconds, ChronoUnit.SECONDS) }
+            .matches { it.isBefore(Instant.now(clock)) }
 
     fun findRemoteDetails(repository: Repository, gav: Location): Result<FileDetails, ErrorResponse> =
         searchInRemoteRepositories(repository, gav) { (host, config, client) ->
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/Repository.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/Repository.kt
index e16840ee0..56a7615c6 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/Repository.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/Repository.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class Repository internal constructor(
     val preserveSnapshots: Boolean,
     val mirrorHosts: List<MirrorHost>,
     val storageProvider: StorageProvider,
-    val storagePolicy: StoragePolicy
+    val storagePolicy: StoragePolicy,
+    val metadataMaxAgeInSeconds: Long
 ) {
 
     init {
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/RepositoryFactory.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/RepositoryFactory.kt
index 280bf7b68..5f0ec3dd9 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/RepositoryFactory.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/RepositoryFactory.kt
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ internal class RepositoryFactory(
                         storageSettings = configuration.storageProvider
                     )
                     ?: throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown storage provider '${configuration.storageProvider.type}'"),
-            storagePolicy = configuration.storagePolicy
+            storagePolicy = configuration.storagePolicy,
+            metadataMaxAgeInSeconds = configuration.metadataMaxAge
         )
 
     private fun createMirroredHostConfiguration(configurationSource: MirroredRepositorySettings): MirrorHost? {
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenComponents.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenComponents.kt
index 119791b36..d6314b5ed 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenComponents.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenComponents.kt
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ import com.reposilite.storage.StorageFacade
 import com.reposilite.token.AccessTokenFacade
 import panda.std.reactive.Reference
 import java.nio.file.Path
+import java.time.Clock
 
 internal class MavenComponents(
+    private val clock: Clock,
     private val workingDirectory: Path,
     private val journalist: Journalist,
     private val extensions: Extensions,
@@ -56,7 +58,10 @@ internal class MavenComponents(
         MetadataService(securityProvider())
 
     private fun mirrorService(): MirrorService =
-        MirrorService(journalist)
+        MirrorService(
+            journalist = journalist,
+            clock = clock
+        )
 
     private fun repositoryProvider(
         mirrorService: MirrorService = mirrorService(),
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenPlugin.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenPlugin.kt
index 8e397cd60..46b401c0c 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenPlugin.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenPlugin.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.reposilite.plugin.facade
 import com.reposilite.plugin.parameters
 import com.reposilite.shared.http.HttpRemoteClientProvider
 import com.reposilite.web.api.RoutingSetupEvent
+import java.time.Clock
 
 @Plugin(
     name = "maven",
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ internal class MavenPlugin : ReposilitePlugin() {
 
         val mavenFacade =
             MavenComponents(
+                clock = Clock.systemDefaultZone(),
                 workingDirectory = parameters().workingDirectory,
                 journalist = this,
                 extensions = extensions(),
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenSettings.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenSettings.kt
index 89fc052eb..04df61050 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenSettings.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/main/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/application/MavenSettings.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ data class RepositorySettings(
         STRICT - prioritize cached version over upstream metadata (full offline mode)
     """)
     val storagePolicy: StoragePolicy = StoragePolicy.PRIORITIZE_UPSTREAM_METADATA,
+    @get:Doc(title = "Max age of metadata file", description = """
+        Fetching metadata files with PRIORITIZE_UPSTREAM_METADATA may be slow, so you can use dedicated TTL threshold for them.<br/>
+        If set to "0" then a fetch is done always. (Default: 0 seconds)
+    """)
+    val metadataMaxAge: Long = 0L,
     @get:Doc(title = "Mirrored repositories", description = "List of mirrored repositories associated with this repository.")
     val proxied: List<MirroredRepositorySettings> = listOf()
 ) : SharedSettings
diff --git a/reposilite-backend/src/test/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/specification/MavenSpecification.kt b/reposilite-backend/src/test/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/specification/MavenSpecification.kt
index bcd105b72..64d4439aa 100644
--- a/reposilite-backend/src/test/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/specification/MavenSpecification.kt
+++ b/reposilite-backend/src/test/kotlin/com/reposilite/maven/specification/MavenSpecification.kt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import panda.std.reactive.reference
 import panda.std.reactive.toReference
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Files
+import java.time.Clock
 
 internal abstract class MavenSpecification {
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ internal abstract class MavenSpecification {
     lateinit var workingDirectory: File
     protected lateinit var mavenFacade: MavenFacade
 
+    private val clock = Clock.systemDefaultZone()
     private val logger = InMemoryLogger()
     protected val extensions = Extensions(logger)
 
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ internal abstract class MavenSpecification {
         )
 
         this.mavenFacade = MavenComponents(
+            clock = clock,
             workingDirectory = workingDirectory.toPath(),
             journalist = logger,
             extensions = extensions,