diff --git a/app/models/validation_event.rb b/app/models/validation_event.rb
index aff5582bc..5b66a65d0 100644
--- a/app/models/validation_event.rb
+++ b/app/models/validation_event.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # For email_validation event kind also check_level (regex/mx/smtp) is stored in the event_data
 class ValidationEvent < ApplicationRecord
   enum event_type: ValidationEvent::EventType::TYPES, _suffix: true
-  VALIDATION_PERIOD = 1.month.freeze
+  VALIDATION_PERIOD = 1.day.freeze
   VALID_CHECK_LEVELS = %w[regex mx smtp].freeze
   VALID_EVENTS_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 5
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/verify_email.rake b/lib/tasks/verify_email.rake
index 9ca38199f..5e1a1860d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/verify_email.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/verify_email.rake
@@ -46,11 +46,19 @@ def logger
   @logger ||= ActiveSupport::TaggedLogging.new(Syslog::Logger.new('registry'))
 end
 
+# Here I set the time after which the validation is considered obsolete
+# I take all contact records that have successfully passed the verification and fall within the deadline
+# I am looking for contacts that have not been verified or their verification is out of date
+
 def prepare_contacts(options)
   if options[:domain_name].present?
     contacts_by_domain(options[:domain_name])
   else
-    Contact.all
+    time = Time.zone.now - ValidationEvent::VALIDATION_PERIOD
+    validation_events_ids = ValidationEvent.where('created_at > ?', time).pluck(:validation_eventable_id)
+
+    Contact.where.not(id: validation_events_ids)
+    # contacts.reject(&:need_to_start_force_delete?) # temporarily commented out code
   end
 end