diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/SimpleTokenData.java b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/SimpleTokenData.java
index e3302bfc..16f6040b 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/SimpleTokenData.java
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-api/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/authentication/SimpleTokenData.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public final class SimpleTokenData implements Serializable, TokenData {
 
     @Override
     public boolean isValid() {
-        return (new Date().getTime())<validBefore.getTime();
+        return (System.currentTimeMillis())<validBefore.getTime();
     }
 
 }