diff --git a/prices/prices.service.ts b/prices/prices.service.ts
index c2e2a61..9c829f5 100644
--- a/prices/prices.service.ts
+++ b/prices/prices.service.ts
@@ -221,11 +221,7 @@ export class PricesService {
 	async updatePrices() {
 		this.logger.debug('Updating Prices');
 
-		const euroPrice = await this.fetchEuroPrice();
-		if (euroPrice) {
-			this.euroPrice = euroPrice;
-			this.euroPriceTimestamp = Date.now();
-		}
+		await this.refreshEuroPriceIfStale();
 
 		const deps = this.getDeps();
 		const m = this.getMint();
@@ -263,6 +259,9 @@ export class PricesService {
 
 				if (!price) {
 					pricesQueryUpdateCountFailed += 1;
+					// bump timestamp on failure so we honour the 5-minute retry window
+					// instead of refetching on every block tick when a token has no price source
+					pricesQuery[addr] = { ...oldEntry, timestamp: Date.now() };
 				} else {
 					pricesQuery[addr] = {
 						...erc,