diff --git a/ocis-phoenix/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/ocis-phoenix/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index 4bb9942b2c..1f426af338 100644
--- a/ocis-phoenix/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/ocis-phoenix/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func (p Phoenix) Static(ttl int) http.HandlerFunc {
 
 	// we don't have a last modification date of the static assets, so we use the service start date
 	lastModified := time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat)
+	expires := time.Now().Add(time.Second * time.Duration(ttl)).UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat)
 
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if rootWithSlash != "/" && r.URL.Path == p.config.HTTP.Root {
@@ -169,8 +170,8 @@ func (p Phoenix) Static(ttl int) http.HandlerFunc {
 		}
 
 		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", fmt.Sprintf("max-age=%s", strconv.Itoa(ttl)))
+		w.Header().Set("Expires", expires)
 		w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", lastModified)
-		w.Header().Del("Expires")
 
 		static.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	}
diff --git a/ocis-pkg/middleware/static.go b/ocis-pkg/middleware/static.go
index 57f2e69570..03d61ac0fe 100644
--- a/ocis-pkg/middleware/static.go
+++ b/ocis-pkg/middleware/static.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func Static(root string, fs http.FileSystem, ttl int) func(http.Handler) http.Ha
 
 	// we don't have a last modification date of the static assets, so we use the service start date
 	lastModified := time.Now().UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat)
+	expires := time.Now().Add(time.Second * time.Duration(ttl)).UTC().Format(http.TimeFormat)
 
 	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -31,8 +32,8 @@ func Static(root string, fs http.FileSystem, ttl int) func(http.Handler) http.Ha
 				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			} else {
 				w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", fmt.Sprintf("max-age=%s", strconv.Itoa(ttl)))
+				w.Header().Set("Expires", expires)
 				w.Header().Set("Last-Modified", lastModified)
-				w.Header().Del("Expires")
 				static.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 			}
 		})