diff --git a/vulnerabilities/pipelines/v2_importers/nvd_importer.py b/vulnerabilities/pipelines/v2_importers/nvd_importer.py
index 876b7a905..b5be58db2 100644
--- a/vulnerabilities/pipelines/v2_importers/nvd_importer.py
+++ b/vulnerabilities/pipelines/v2_importers/nvd_importer.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def fetch(url, logger=None):
     return json.loads(data)
 
 
-def fetch_cve_data_1_1(starting_year=2025, logger=None):
+def fetch_cve_data_1_1(starting_year=2002, logger=None):
     """
     Yield tuples of (year, lists of CVE mappings) from the NVD, one for each
     year since ``starting_year`` defaulting to 2002.