diff --git a/common/lib/constants.ts b/common/lib/constants.ts
index db19d6d600..4c9b6e9815 100644
--- a/common/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/common/lib/constants.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_SESSION_DURATION = 90 * TIME.DAY;
  */
 export const COMMENT_REPEAT_POST_DURATION = 6 * TIME.MINUTE;
 
+/**
+ * COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION is the length of time in seconds that the comment
+ * counts for a story are cached for the counts v2 endoint.
+ */
+export const COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION = 1 * TIME.DAY;
+
 /**
  * SPOILER_CLASSNAME is the classname that is attached to spoilers.
  */
diff --git a/server/src/core/server/app/handlers/api/story/count.ts b/server/src/core/server/app/handlers/api/story/count.ts
index 83cc019476..cea6d716a5 100644
--- a/server/src/core/server/app/handlers/api/story/count.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/server/app/handlers/api/story/count.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Joi from "joi";
 
+import { COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION } from "coral-common/common/lib/constants";
 import { CountJSONPData } from "coral-common/common/lib/types/count";
 import { AppOptions } from "coral-server/app";
 import { validate } from "coral-server/app/request/body";
@@ -220,7 +221,7 @@ export const countsV2Handler =
             );
 
             // add count to Redis cache here then return
-            await redis.set(key, count);
+            await redis.set(key, count, "EX", COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION);
             logger.debug("set story count for counts v2 in redis cache", {
               storyID,
               count,
diff --git a/server/src/core/server/stacks/helpers/updateAllCommentCounts.ts b/server/src/core/server/stacks/helpers/updateAllCommentCounts.ts
index 4d61e699cd..0fb199c564 100644
--- a/server/src/core/server/stacks/helpers/updateAllCommentCounts.ts
+++ b/server/src/core/server/stacks/helpers/updateAllCommentCounts.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   GQLFEATURE_FLAG,
   GQLTAG,
 } from "coral-server/graph/schema/__generated__/types";
+import { COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION } from "coral-common/common/lib/constants";
 
 interface UpdateAllCommentCountsInput {
   tenant: Readonly<Tenant>;
@@ -226,11 +227,10 @@ export default async function updateAllCommentCounts(
           updatedStory.commentCounts.status
         );
         if (PUBLISHED_STATUSES.includes(input.after.status)) {
-          // Add to Redis cache count
           const key = `${tenant.id}:${storyID}:count`;
 
           // set/update the count
-          await redis.set(key, totalCount);
+          await redis.set(key, totalCount, "EX", COUNTS_V2_CACHE_DURATION);
         }
       }
     }