diff --git a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/static_rt_timer.py b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/static_rt_timer.py
index 060e7d5943..a0e7d04138 100644
--- a/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/static_rt_timer.py
+++ b/src/sonic-bgpcfgd/bgpcfgd/static_rt_timer.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ class StaticRouteTimer(object):
 
     DEFAULT_TIMER = 180
     DEFAULT_SLEEP = 60
-    MAX_TIMER     = 1800
+    # keep same range as value defined in sonic-restapi/sonic_api.yaml
+    MAX_TIMER     = 172800
 
     def set_timer(self):
         """ Check for custom route expiry time in STATIC_ROUTE_EXPIRY_TIME """
@@ -55,4 +56,5 @@ class StaticRouteTimer(object):
             else:
                 time.sleep(self.DEFAULT_SLEEP)
                 if time.time() - self.start >= self.DEFAULT_TIMER:
-                    self.alarm()
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+                    self.alarm()
+