diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 6d478eb..285bf43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ jobs:
         go get google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc@v1.3.0
         INCLUDE_LONG_RUNNING=true PROFILES=,-jakarta,javax COHERENCE_VERSION=22.06.9 make clean generate-proto build-test-images test-e2e-standalone
 
+    - name: Profile Near Cache
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        make profile-near-cache
+
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       if: failure()
       with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b901b03..42b03a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@ shared/
 certs/
 release/
 etc/
+coherence/coherence.test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ba1403b..04ad169 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ copyright: getcopyright ## Check copyright headers
 	  -X bin/ \
 	  -X ./test/test/utils.go \
 	  -X dependency-reduced-pom.xml \
+	  -X ./coherence/coherence.test \
 	  -X binaries/ \
 	  -X build/ \
 	  -X proto/ \
@@ -332,6 +333,15 @@ test-cluster-startup: $(BUILD_PROPS) ## Startup any test cluster members using d
 test-cluster-shutdown: ## Shutdown any test cluster members using docker-compose
 	cd test/utils && $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f docker-compose-2-members.yaml down || true
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Run Near Cache Profile Tests
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: profile-near-cache
+profile-near-cache: ## Run Near Cache Profile Tests
+	cd coherence && go test -run=^TestNearCacheExpiry1 -cpuprofile=$(TEST_LOGS_DIR)/cpu.out -memprofile=$(TEST_LOGS_DIR)/mem.out
+	echo top | go tool pprof $(TEST_LOGS_DIR)/cpu.out
+	echo top | go tool pprof $(TEST_LOGS_DIR)/mem.out
+
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Startup standalone coherence via java -jar
diff --git a/coherence/localcache.go b/coherence/localcache.go
index d48bfbf..14afd95 100644
--- a/coherence/localcache.go
+++ b/coherence/localcache.go
@@ -160,13 +160,14 @@ func (l *localCacheImpl[K, V]) GetAll(keys []K) map[K]*V {
 	l.expireEntries()
 
 	results := make(map[K]*V, 0)
+	now := time.Now()
 
 	for _, key := range keys {
 		v, ok := l.data[key]
 		if ok {
 			// have entry so add to the results
 			results[key] = &v.value
-			v.lastAccess = time.Now()
+			v.lastAccess = now
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ func (l *localCacheImpl[K, V]) expireEntries() {
 
 	// check for cache expiry
 	for k, v := range l.data {
-		if v.ttl > 0 && time.Since(v.insertTime) > v.ttl {
+		if v.ttl > 0 && start.Sub(v.insertTime) > v.ttl {
 			keysToDelete = append(keysToDelete, k)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/coherence/localcache_test.go b/coherence/localcache_test.go
index 239bc60..e6eb4d8 100644
--- a/coherence/localcache_test.go
+++ b/coherence/localcache_test.go
@@ -300,6 +300,37 @@ func TestBasicLocalCacheSizeCalculation(t *testing.T) {
 	g.Expect(cache.cacheMemory).Should(gomega.Equal(int64(0)))
 }
 
+type expiryResults struct {
+	ttl          time.Duration
+	expiryTime   time.Duration
+	cacheExpires int64
+}
+
+func TestNearCacheExpiry1(_ *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		results = make([]expiryResults, 0)
+		ttl     int64
+	)
+
+	for ttl = 10; ttl < 1_000; ttl += 25 {
+		results = append(results, localCacheExpiryTest(time.Duration(ttl)*time.Millisecond, 10_000))
+	}
+
+	// output results
+	for _, r := range results {
+		fmt.Printf("ttl=%5v, cache expires=%5v, time spent expiring=%10v\n", r.ttl, r.cacheExpires, r.expiryTime)
+	}
+}
+
+func localCacheExpiryTest(ttl time.Duration, count int) expiryResults {
+	cache := newLocalCache[int, string]("my-cache-high-unit3", withLocalCacheExpiry(ttl))
+	for i := 1; i <= count; i++ {
+		cache.Put(i, fmt.Sprintf("value-%v", i))
+	}
+
+	return expiryResults{ttl: ttl, expiryTime: cache.GetCacheExpiresDuration(), cacheExpires: cache.GetCacheExpires()}
+}
+
 func Sleep(seconds int) {
 	time.Sleep(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second)
 }