diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index d29be856c5..6055ecaca9 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ configurations.configureEach {
     exclude module: "commons-logging"
 }
 
-def canonicalVersionCode = 391
+def canonicalVersionCode = 393
 def canonicalVersionName = "1.21.0"
 
 def postFixSize = 10
diff --git a/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/messaging/groups/LegacyGroupDeprecationManager.kt b/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/messaging/groups/LegacyGroupDeprecationManager.kt
index d385a8f123..bdfeec6012 100644
--- a/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/messaging/groups/LegacyGroupDeprecationManager.kt
+++ b/libsession/src/main/java/org/session/libsession/messaging/groups/LegacyGroupDeprecationManager.kt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class LegacyGroupDeprecationManager(private val prefs: TextSecurePreferences)  {
     val deprecatedTime: StateFlow<ZonedDateTime> get() = mutableDeprecatedTime
 
     // The time a warning will be shown to users that legacy groups are being deprecated.
-    private val defaultDeprecatingStartTime = ZonedDateTime.of(2025, 6, 23, 0, 0, 0, 0, ZoneId.of("UTC"))
+    private val defaultDeprecatingStartTime = ZonedDateTime.of(2025, 2, 24, 0, 0, 0, 0, ZoneId.of("UTC"))
 
     private val mutableDeprecatingStartTime: MutableStateFlow<ZonedDateTime> = MutableStateFlow(
         prefs.deprecatingStartTimeOverride ?: defaultDeprecatingStartTime