diff --git a/stacktach/dbapi.py b/stacktach/dbapi.py
index 91902fa..a263425 100644
--- a/stacktach/dbapi.py
+++ b/stacktach/dbapi.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from stacktach import utils
 
 DEFAULT_LIMIT = 50
 HARD_LIMIT = 1000
-HARD_WHEN_RANGE_LIMIT = 5 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 5 Days
+HARD_WHEN_RANGE_LIMIT = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 5 Days
 
 
 class APIException(Exception):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dbapi.py b/tests/unit/test_dbapi.py
index 0c40c58..3635458 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_dbapi.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dbapi.py
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ class DBAPITestCase(StacktachBaseTestCase):
         fake_request = self.mox.CreateMockAnything()
         fake_request.method = 'GET'
         fake_request.GET = {'when_min': "2014-2-26 00:00:00",
-                            'when_max': "2014-3-3 00:00:01",  # > 5 days later
+                            'when_max': "2014-3-5 00:00:01",  # > 7 days later
                             'service': "nova"}
 
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ class DBAPITestCase(StacktachBaseTestCase):
         response = dbapi.get_event_stats(fake_request)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 400)
         self.assertEqual(json.loads(response.content)['message'],
-                         "Date ranges may be no larger than 432000 seconds")
+                         "Date ranges may be no larger than 604800 seconds")
         self.mox.VerifyAll()
 
     def test_get_verified_count_wrong_date_format_returns_400(self):