diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b90d55d1..f994ca54 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.18'
+        classpath 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-gradle-plugin:0.8.19'
         classpath 'com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin:0.15.2'
         classpath 'com.github.ben-manes:gradle-versions-plugin:0.39.0'
     }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ allprojects {
         catsEffectVersion = "2.5.4"
         fs2Version = "2.5.3"
         metricsVersion = "2.9.3"
-        protobufVersion = "3.20.1"
+        protobufVersion = "3.21.4"
         pureconfigVersion = "0.17.1"
         scalapbVersion = "0.11.8"
         scalapbJson4sVersion = "0.11.1"
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 27a8140f..fb89a97b 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     api "com.avast.bytes:bytes-core:${bytesVersion}"
 
-    api 'com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:5.14.2'
+    api 'com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:5.15.0'
 
     api "org.typelevel:cats-core_$scalaVersion:$catsVersion"
     api "org.typelevel:cats-effect_$scalaVersion:$catsEffectVersion"
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandler.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandler.scala
index 0582c00e..f5442bb4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandler.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandler.scala
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import cats.Applicative
 import cats.effect.{Resource, Sync}
 import cats.implicits.{catsSyntaxApplicativeError, catsSyntaxFlatMapOps, toFunctorOps}
 import com.avast.bytes.Bytes
-import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.PoisonedMessageHandler.defaultHandlePoisonedMessage
+import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.PoisonedMessageHandler.{defaultHandlePoisonedMessage, DiscardedTimeHeaderName}
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.api.DeliveryResult.{Reject, Republish}
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.api._
 import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.logging.ImplicitContextLogger
 import com.avast.metrics.scalaeffectapi.Monitor
 
+import java.time.Instant
 import scala.util.Try
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
@@ -78,7 +79,11 @@ object DeadQueuePoisonedMessageHandler {
           case None => CorrelationIdStrategy.RandomNew
         }
 
-        producer.send(dqpc.routingKey, rawBody, Some(d.properties))(cidStrategy)
+        val now = Instant.now()
+
+        val finalProperties = d.properties.copy(headers = d.properties.headers.updated(DiscardedTimeHeaderName, now.toString))
+
+        producer.send(dqpc.routingKey, rawBody, Some(finalProperties))(cidStrategy)
       })
     }
   }
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ object DeadQueuePoisonedMessageHandler {
 
 object PoisonedMessageHandler {
   final val RepublishCountHeaderName: String = "X-Republish-Count"
+  final val DiscardedTimeHeaderName: String = "X-Discarded-Time"
 
   private[rabbitmq] def make[F[_]: Sync, A](config: Option[PoisonedMessageHandlingConfig],
                                             connection: RabbitMQConnection[F],
@@ -140,7 +146,23 @@ object PoisonedMessageHandler {
         Applicative[F].pure(
           Republish(countAsPoisoned = true, newHeaders = newHeaders + (RepublishCountHeaderName -> attempt.asInstanceOf[AnyRef])))
       } else {
-        handlePoisonedMessage(delivery, maxAttempts)
+        val now = Instant.now()
+
+        def updateProperties(properties: MessageProperties): MessageProperties = {
+          properties.copy(
+            headers = properties.headers
+              .updated(DiscardedTimeHeaderName, now.toString)
+              .updated(RepublishCountHeaderName, maxAttempts.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]))
+        }
+
+        val finalDelivery = delivery match {
+          case Delivery.Ok(body, properties, routingKey) =>
+            Delivery.Ok(body, updateProperties(properties), routingKey)
+          case Delivery.MalformedContent(body, properties, routingKey, ce) =>
+            Delivery.MalformedContent(body, updateProperties(properties), routingKey, ce)
+        }
+
+        handlePoisonedMessage(finalDelivery, maxAttempts)
           .recoverWith {
             case NonFatal(e) =>
               logger.warn(e)("Custom poisoned message handler failed")
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandlerTest.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandlerTest.scala
index d9c324c0..67dd3ec8 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandlerTest.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/avast/clients/rabbitmq/PoisonedMessageHandlerTest.scala
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.avast.clients.rabbitmq.logging.ImplicitContextLogger
 import monix.eval.Task
 import monix.execution.Scheduler.Implicits.global
 
+import java.time.Instant
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger
 
 class PoisonedMessageHandlerTest extends TestBase {
@@ -111,6 +112,34 @@ class PoisonedMessageHandlerTest extends TestBase {
     assertResult(1)(movedCount.get())
   }
 
+  test("DeadQueuePoisonedMessageHandler adds discarded time") {
+    def readAction(d: Delivery[Bytes]): Task[DeliveryResult] = {
+      Task.now(Republish())
+    }
+
+    val movedCount = new AtomicInteger(0)
+
+    val handler = new DeadQueuePoisonedMessageHandler[Task, Bytes](3)({ (d, _, _) =>
+      // test it's there and it can be parsed
+      assert(Instant.parse(d.properties.headers(DiscardedTimeHeaderName).asInstanceOf[String]).toEpochMilli > 0)
+
+      Task.delay(movedCount.incrementAndGet())
+    })
+
+    val properties = (1 to 2).foldLeft(MessageProperties.empty) {
+      case (p, _) =>
+        run(handler, readAction, p) match {
+          case Republish(_, h) => MessageProperties(headers = h)
+          case _ => MessageProperties.empty
+        }
+    }
+
+    assertResult(DeliveryResult.Reject)(run(handler, readAction, properties))
+
+    // if the assert above has failed, this won't assert
+    assertResult(1)(movedCount.get())
+  }
+
   test("pretend lower no. of attempts") {
     def readAction(d: Delivery[Bytes]): Task[DeliveryResult] = {
       Task.now(Republish())
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 92f06b50..8fad3f5a 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4.2-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-all.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists