Overview

Lithic's default card expiry is currently 6 years, which is higher than the industry standard of 4-5 years. This update will ensure keys and certificates expirations are better aligned with card expirations.

Starting April 13, 2026, Lithic will change the production default expiration to 5 years. This will also be the maximum expiry allowed.

As always, you can configure your expiry date to be less than 5 years using the Create Card API. If no value is provided in the API, we will default the expiry to 5 years starting April 13, 2026.

Details

• If you currently set your cards to expire in 5 years or less, nothing changes
• If you use our default expiry and do not send your own value in the API, your cards will begin to expire in 5 years instead of 6 years for any new cards ordered
• If you set the expiry date in the API to greater than 5 years, the API will return an error response

APIs Impacted

• Create Card
• Renew Card

Release Timeline

• Sandbox: Currently Enforced. You can test your integration now.
• Production: April 13, 2026

User Impact

Action is only required if you are submitting an expiry value greater than 5 years and have not yet made changes. Previous communications have been sent regarding this update — this changelog serves as a final reminder ahead of the April 13 production cutover.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us via the HELP link in your Lithic Dashboard.

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