diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
index 4da00828d..cf3009c52 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd.go
@@ -320,6 +320,40 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) processHeader(consensus externalapi.Consensus,
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) validatePruningPointFutureHeaderTimestamps() error {
+	headerSelectedTipHash, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().GetHeadersSelectedTip()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	headerSelectedTipHeader, err := flow.Domain().StagingConsensus().GetBlockHeader(headerSelectedTipHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	headerSelectedTipTimestamp := headerSelectedTipHeader.TimeInMilliseconds()
+
+	currentSelectedTipHash, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetHeadersSelectedTip()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	currentSelectedTipHeader, err := flow.Domain().Consensus().GetBlockHeader(currentSelectedTipHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	currentSelectedTipTimestamp := currentSelectedTipHeader.TimeInMilliseconds()
+
+	if headerSelectedTipTimestamp < currentSelectedTipTimestamp {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "the timestamp of the candidate selected "+
+			"tip is smaller than the current selected tip")
+	}
+
+	minTimestampDifferenceInMilliseconds := (10 * time.Minute).Milliseconds()
+	if headerSelectedTipTimestamp-currentSelectedTipTimestamp < minTimestampDifferenceInMilliseconds {
+		return protocolerrors.Errorf(false, "difference between the timestamps of "+
+			"the current pruning point and the candidate pruning point is too small. Aborting IBD...")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) receiveAndInsertPruningPointUTXOSet(
 	consensus externalapi.Consensus, pruningPointHash *externalapi.DomainHash) (bool, error) {
 
diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd_with_headers_proof.go b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd_with_headers_proof.go
index cd6844497..605107c23 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd_with_headers_proof.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/blockrelay/ibd_with_headers_proof.go
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ func (flow *handleRelayInvsFlow) downloadHeadersAndPruningUTXOSet(highHash *exte
 		return protocolerrors.Errorf(true, "the triggering IBD block was not sent")
 	}
 
+	err = flow.validatePruningPointFutureHeaderTimestamps()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	log.Debugf("Syncing the current pruning point UTXO set")
 	syncedPruningPointUTXOSetSuccessfully, err := flow.syncPruningPointUTXOSet(flow.Domain().StagingConsensus(), proofPruningPoint)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/config.go b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/config.go
index 1905e4962..dafa12716 100644
--- a/domain/miningmanager/mempool/config.go
+++ b/domain/miningmanager/mempool/config.go
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // DefaultConfig returns the default mempool configuration
 func DefaultConfig(dagParams *dagconfig.Params) *Config {
-	targetBlocksPerSecond := uint64(time.Second / dagParams.TargetTimePerBlock)
+	targetBlocksPerSecond := time.Second.Seconds() / dagParams.TargetTimePerBlock.Seconds()
 
 	return &Config{
 		MaximumTransactionCount:               defaultMaximumTransactionCount,
-		TransactionExpireIntervalDAAScore:     defaultTransactionExpireIntervalSeconds / targetBlocksPerSecond,
-		TransactionExpireScanIntervalDAAScore: defaultTransactionExpireScanIntervalSeconds / targetBlocksPerSecond,
+		TransactionExpireIntervalDAAScore:     uint64(float64(defaultTransactionExpireIntervalSeconds) / targetBlocksPerSecond),
+		TransactionExpireScanIntervalDAAScore: uint64(float64(defaultTransactionExpireScanIntervalSeconds) / targetBlocksPerSecond),
 		TransactionExpireScanIntervalSeconds:  defaultTransactionExpireScanIntervalSeconds,
-		OrphanExpireIntervalDAAScore:          defaultOrphanExpireIntervalSeconds / targetBlocksPerSecond,
-		OrphanExpireScanIntervalDAAScore:      defaultOrphanExpireScanIntervalSeconds / targetBlocksPerSecond,
+		OrphanExpireIntervalDAAScore:          uint64(float64(defaultOrphanExpireIntervalSeconds) / targetBlocksPerSecond),
+		OrphanExpireScanIntervalDAAScore:      uint64(float64(defaultOrphanExpireScanIntervalSeconds) / targetBlocksPerSecond),
 		MaximumOrphanTransactionMass:          defaultMaximumOrphanTransactionMass,
 		MaximumOrphanTransactionCount:         defaultMaximumOrphanTransactionCount,
 		AcceptNonStandard:                     dagParams.RelayNonStdTxs,
diff --git a/testing/integration/ibd_test.go b/testing/integration/ibd_test.go
index 049d788ed..33c47b254 100644
--- a/testing/integration/ibd_test.go
+++ b/testing/integration/ibd_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package integration
 
 import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
 	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/consensushashing"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ func TestIBDWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// This should trigger resolving the syncee virtual
-		syncerTip := mineNextBlock(t, syncer)
+		syncerTip := mineNextBlockWithMockTimestamps(t, syncer)
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 		synceeSelectedTip, err := syncee.rpcClient.GetSelectedTipHash()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -132,6 +133,12 @@ func TestIBDWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 
 	overrideDAGParams := dagconfig.SimnetParams
 
+	// Increase the target time per block so that we could mine
+	// blocks with timestamps that are spaced far enough apart
+	// to avoid failing the timestamp threshold validation of
+	// ibd-with-headers-proof
+	overrideDAGParams.TargetTimePerBlock = time.Minute
+
 	// This is done to make a pruning depth of 6 blocks
 	overrideDAGParams.FinalityDuration = 2 * overrideDAGParams.TargetTimePerBlock
 	overrideDAGParams.K = 0
@@ -178,11 +185,11 @@ func TestIBDWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 	// block.
 	const synceeOnlyBlocks = 2
 	for i := 0; i < synceeOnlyBlocks; i++ {
-		mineNextBlock(t, syncee1)
+		mineNextBlockWithMockTimestamps(t, syncee1)
 	}
 
 	for i := 0; i < numBlocks-1; i++ {
-		mineNextBlock(t, syncer)
+		mineNextBlockWithMockTimestamps(t, syncer)
 	}
 
 	testSync(syncer, syncee1)
@@ -190,3 +197,38 @@ func TestIBDWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test a situation where a node with pruned headers syncs another fresh node.
 	testSync(syncee1, syncee2)
 }
+
+var currentMockTimestamp int64 = 0
+
+// mineNextBlockWithMockTimestamps mines blocks with large timestamp differences
+// between every two blocks. This is done to avoid the timestamp threshold validation
+// of ibd-with-headers-proof
+func mineNextBlockWithMockTimestamps(t *testing.T, harness *appHarness) *externalapi.DomainBlock {
+	blockTemplate, err := harness.rpcClient.GetBlockTemplate(harness.miningAddress)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error getting block template: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	block, err := appmessage.RPCBlockToDomainBlock(blockTemplate.Block)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error converting block: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if currentMockTimestamp == 0 {
+		currentMockTimestamp = block.Header.TimeInMilliseconds()
+	} else {
+		currentMockTimestamp += 10_000
+	}
+	mutableHeader := block.Header.ToMutable()
+	mutableHeader.SetTimeInMilliseconds(currentMockTimestamp)
+	block.Header = mutableHeader.ToImmutable()
+
+	solveBlock(block)
+
+	_, err = harness.rpcClient.SubmitBlock(block)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error submitting block: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return block
+}