diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 92bbf7985..dd6a0157c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tj/go-spin v1.1.0
-	github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6-0.20240528182947-97f4d679ee25
+	github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.23.0
 	golang.org/x/term v0.20.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b27360715..ed0be52e7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1062,6 +1062,8 @@ github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.11 h1:kpFauv27b6ynzBNT/Xy+1k+fK4WswhN/6PN5WhFAGw8=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.11/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0oWt/14=
 github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6-0.20240528182947-97f4d679ee25 h1:Mkrm0tKAMebM0G05L0khgw3xyLziJqy3/tGvfu+qPMs=
 github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6-0.20240528182947-97f4d679ee25/go.mod h1:gDtvVf9mVkeVfWj4Oa4Ur4uZQOv9TXPfoKgwnLUbbic=
+github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6 h1:B+LpBK1AT3SI6oH8BjR0z+rnYpVhpml2ZbN5wsXs7Gk=
+github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go v0.0.6/go.mod h1:gDtvVf9mVkeVfWj4Oa4Ur4uZQOv9TXPfoKgwnLUbbic=
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.5 h1:3bHCTIheBm1qFTcgh9oPu+nNBtX+XJIupG/vacinCts=
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.5/go.mod h1:yZbwRsSeGjusneWgA781EKej9HF8vme8okylkAeNKLk=
 github.com/vmware-tanzu/velero v1.13.2 h1:72Rw+11HJB6XUYfH9/M/jle6duSLyGhMisMMYFr/1qs=
diff --git a/pkg/replicatedfile/cache.go b/pkg/replicatedfile/cache.go
index 66fee1cef..9e64f4c90 100644
--- a/pkg/replicatedfile/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/replicatedfile/cache.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	cacheTTLInHours = 4
+	cacheTTLInMinutes = 15
 
 	replicatedDir = ".replicated"
 	cacheFile     = "cache.json"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (c *cache) IsUpdateCheckerInfoExpired(currentVersion string) bool {
 		return true
 	}
 
-	if c.UpdateCheckerInfo.CheckedAt.Add(time.Duration(cacheTTLInHours) * time.Hour).Before(time.Now()) {
+	if c.UpdateCheckerInfo.CheckedAt.Add(time.Duration(cacheTTLInMinutes) * time.Minute).Before(time.Now()) {
 		return true
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/version/usrbin.go b/pkg/version/usrbin.go
index 8a06e0389..9df7ba790 100644
--- a/pkg/version/usrbin.go
+++ b/pkg/version/usrbin.go
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package version
 
-import "github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go"
+)
 
 func NewUsrbinSDK(currentVersion string) (*usrbin.SDK, error) {
 	return usrbin.New(
 		currentVersion,
 		usrbin.UsingGitHubUpdateChecker("github.com/replicatedhq/replicated"),
 		usrbin.UsingHomebrewFormula("replicatedhq/replicated/cli"),
+		usrbin.UsingHttpTimeout(time.Second),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/version/version.go b/pkg/version/version.go
index 689e3e8d0..e0a8f1b70 100644
--- a/pkg/version/version.go
+++ b/pkg/version/version.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/replicatedhq/replicated/pkg/replicatedfile"
+	usrbingithub "github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go/pkg/github"
 	"github.com/usrbinapp/usrbin-go/pkg/updatechecker"
 )
 
@@ -57,6 +59,12 @@ func initBuild() {
 
 	build.UpdateInfo, err = usrbinsdk.GetUpdateInfo()
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Cause(err) == usrbingithub.ErrTimeoutExceeded {
+			// i'm going to leave this println out for now because it could be really noisy
+			// for someone with a slow connection
+			// fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "Unable to check for updates, timeout exceeded.")
+			return
+		}
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error getting update info: %s", err)
 	}