diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index 6e600d9db..99baefe5e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ public final class Settings {
          * The properties key for the URL to retrieve the recently modified and added CVE entries (last 8 days).
          */
         public static final String CVE_MODIFIED_VALID_FOR_DAYS = "cve.url.modified.validfordays";
+        /**
+         * The properties key to control the skipping of the check for CVE updates.
+         */
+        public static final String CVE_CHECK_VALID_FOR_HOURS = "cve.check.validforhours";
         /**
          * The properties key for the telling us how many cve.url.* URLs exists. This is used in combination with CVE_BASE_URL to
          * be able to retrieve the URLs for all of the files that make up the NVD CVE listing.