diff --git a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/integrations/EventProcessorBuilder.java b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/integrations/EventProcessorBuilder.java
index fa5d53b8..27fdaea5 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/integrations/EventProcessorBuilder.java
+++ b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/main/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/integrations/EventProcessorBuilder.java
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public abstract class EventProcessorBuilder implements ComponentConfigurer<Event
     public static final long DEFAULT_CAPACITY_BYTES = 20L * 1024 * 1024;
 
     /**
-     * The default value for {@link #maxAgeMillis(long)}: 7 days.
+     * The default value for {@link #maxAgeMillis(long)}: 24 hours.
      */
-    public static final long DEFAULT_MAX_AGE_MILLIS = 7L * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+    public static final long DEFAULT_MAX_AGE_MILLIS = 24L * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
     /**
      * All attributes should be treated as private
diff --git a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/test/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/EventStoreBoundsTest.java b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/test/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/EventStoreBoundsTest.java
index b75c0ae4..928da6f2 100644
--- a/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/test/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/EventStoreBoundsTest.java
+++ b/launchdarkly-android-client-sdk/src/test/java/com/launchdarkly/sdk/android/EventStoreBoundsTest.java
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public void keepsABatchYoungerThanTheMaximumAge() {
         EventStore store = environmentStore(MOBILE_KEY);
         stageFrames(store, 1);
         store.closeBatch();
-        age(onlyBatchFile(store), 6);
+        assertTrue(onlyBatchFile(store).setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis() - TimeUnit.HOURS.toMillis(12)));
 
         assertEquals(0, store.discardExpired());
         assertEquals(1, store.pendingBatches().size());