diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a3d2e74..c64db3a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.gcube.applicationsupportlayer</groupId>
 	<artifactId>aslcore</artifactId>
-	<version>4.3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>4.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 
 	<name>Application Support Layer Core</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
index c0c2aaf..153ad29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/application/framework/core/session/ASLSession.java
@@ -145,6 +145,16 @@ public class ASLSession{
 		return sessionTimeout;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Increases the current session timeout value by the given milliseconds. If negative input, it decreases the timeout.
+	 * @param milliseconds
+	 * @return the new timeout in milliseconds
+	 */
+	public long increaseSessionTimeout(long milliseconds){
+		sessionTimeout += milliseconds;
+		lastUsedTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); //should we "touch" the session ?
+		return sessionTimeout;
+	}
 	
 	
 	/**