diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 33df1bfd5..40e548e76 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ cve.url.modified.validfordays=7
 # the number of hours to wait before checking if updates are available from the NVD.
 cve.check.validforhours=4
 #first year to pull data from the URLs below
-cve.startyear=2017
+cve.startyear=2002
 # the path to the modified nvd cve xml file.
 cve.url-1.2.modified=https://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-Modified.xml.gz
 #cve.url-1.2.modified=http://nvd.nist.gov/download/nvdcve-modified.xml