diff --git a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
index 023c1916..0a08f3f5 100644
--- a/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
+++ b/redisvl/extensions/llmcache/semantic.py
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ def delete(self) -> None:
 
     def _refresh_ttl(self, key: str) -> None:
         """Refresh the time-to-live for the specified key."""
-        if self.ttl:
-            self._index.client.expire(key, self.ttl)  # type: ignore
+        if self._ttl:
+            self._index.client.expire(key, self._ttl)  # type: ignore
 
     def _vectorize_prompt(self, prompt: Optional[str]) -> List[float]:
         """Converts a text prompt to its vector representation using the
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py b/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
index 2bb107fd..2f7c005c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_llmcache.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ def cache(vectorizer, redis_url):
         vectorizer=vectorizer, distance_threshold=0.2, redis_url=redis_url
     )
     yield cache_instance
-    cache_instance.clear()  # Clear cache after each test
     cache_instance._index.delete(True)  # Clean up index
 
 
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ def cache_with_ttl(vectorizer, redis_url):
         vectorizer=vectorizer, distance_threshold=0.2, ttl=2, redis_url=redis_url
     )
     yield cache_instance
-    cache_instance.clear()  # Clear cache after each test
     cache_instance._index.delete(True)  # Clean up index
 
 
@@ -54,6 +52,24 @@ def cache_with_redis_client(vectorizer, client, redis_url):
     cache_instance._index.delete(True)  # Clean up index
 
 
+# # Test handling invalid input for check method
+def test_bad_ttl(cache):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        cache.set_ttl(2.5)
+
+
+def test_cache_ttl(cache_with_ttl):
+    assert cache_with_ttl.ttl == 2
+    cache_with_ttl.set_ttl(5)
+    assert cache_with_ttl.ttl == 5
+
+
+def test_set_ttl(cache):
+    assert cache.ttl == None
+    cache.set_ttl(5)
+    assert cache.ttl == 5
+
+
 # Test basic store and check functionality
 def test_store_and_check(cache, vectorizer):
     prompt = "This is a test prompt."
@@ -95,6 +111,21 @@ def test_ttl_expiration(cache_with_ttl, vectorizer):
     assert len(check_result) == 0
 
 
+def test_ttl_expiration_after_update(cache_with_ttl, vectorizer):
+    prompt = "This is a test prompt."
+    response = "This is a test response."
+    vector = vectorizer.embed(prompt)
+    cache_with_ttl.set_ttl(4)
+
+    assert cache_with_ttl.ttl == 4
+
+    cache_with_ttl.store(prompt, response, vector=vector)
+    sleep(5)
+
+    check_result = cache_with_ttl.check(vector=vector)
+    assert len(check_result) == 0
+
+
 # Test check behavior with no match
 def test_check_no_match(cache, vectorizer):
     vector = vectorizer.embed("Some random sentence.")
@@ -111,12 +142,6 @@ def test_check_invalid_input(cache):
         cache.check(prompt="test", return_fields="bad value")
 
 
-# Test handling invalid input for check method
-def test_bad_ttl(cache):
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        cache.set_ttl(2.5)
-
-
 # Test storing with metadata
 def test_store_with_metadata(cache, vectorizer):
     prompt = "This is another test prompt."