diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index c0b16595..f08b110c 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ cachetools
 cfnresponse
 chalice
 flatdict
-git+https://github.com/asfadmin/rain-api-core.git@4d7756db4113b5b896794fbe75e0ef0adb637dea
+git+https://github.com/asfadmin/rain-api-core.git@318aac226c92cf6f60cc8821d6d94669485972c6
 netaddr
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 9b757a48..c2810223 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via
     #   chalice
     #   rain-api-core
-rain-api-core @ git+https://github.com/asfadmin/rain-api-core.git@4d7756db4113b5b896794fbe75e0ef0adb637dea
+rain-api-core @ git+https://github.com/asfadmin/rain-api-core.git@318aac226c92cf6f60cc8821d6d94669485972c6
     # via -r requirements/requirements.in
 readchar==4.0.5
     # via inquirer
diff --git a/thin_egress_app/app.py b/thin_egress_app/app.py
index df5e33d6..8a3643f8 100644
--- a/thin_egress_app/app.py
+++ b/thin_egress_app/app.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
     public_key=None,
     private_key=None,
     cookie_name=os.getenv('JWT_COOKIENAME', JWT_COOKIE_NAME),
-    session_ttl_in_hours=int(os.getenv('SESSION_TTL_HRS', 7 * 24)),
+    session_ttl_in_hours=float(os.getenv('SESSION_TTL_HRS', 7 * 24)),
 )
 TEMPLATE_MANAGER = TemplateManager(conf_bucket, template_dir)