diff --git a/poller-lambdas/src/index.ts b/poller-lambdas/src/index.ts
index ceaa9b74..19d52219 100644
--- a/poller-lambdas/src/index.ts
+++ b/poller-lambdas/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import { GetSecretValueCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-secrets-manager';
+import {
+	GetSecretValueCommand,
+	PutSecretValueCommand,
+} from '@aws-sdk/client-secrets-manager';
 import type { SendMessageCommandInput } from '@aws-sdk/client-sqs';
 import { SendMessageCommand } from '@aws-sdk/client-sqs';
 import type { PollerId } from '../../shared/pollers';
@@ -14,12 +17,13 @@ const pollerWrapper =
 	(pollerFunction: PollFunction) =>
 	async ({ Records }: HandlerInputSqsPayload) => {
 		const startTimeEpochMillis = Date.now();
+		const secretName = getEnvironmentVariableOrCrash(
+			POLLER_LAMBDA_ENV_VAR_KEYS.SECRET_NAME,
+		);
 		const secret = await secretsManager
 			.send(
 				new GetSecretValueCommand({
-					SecretId: getEnvironmentVariableOrCrash(
-						POLLER_LAMBDA_ENV_VAR_KEYS.SECRET_NAME,
-					),
+					SecretId: secretName,
 				}),
 			)
 			.then((_) => _.SecretString);
@@ -90,6 +94,17 @@ const pollerWrapper =
 							MessageBody: output.valueForNextPoll,
 						});
 					}
+
+					if (output.newSecretValue) {
+						// set new value in secrets manager
+						console.log(`Updating secret value for ${secretName}`);
+						await secretsManager.send(
+							new PutSecretValueCommand({
+								SecretId: secretName,
+								SecretString: output.newSecretValue,
+							}),
+						);
+					}
 				})
 				.catch((error) => {
 					console.error('FAILED', error);
diff --git a/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/auth.ts b/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/auth.ts
index d142f323..53ca1967 100644
--- a/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/auth.ts
+++ b/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/auth.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ const AuthSchema = z.object({
 	token_type: z.string(),
 });
 
-type AuthData = z.infer<typeof AuthSchema>;
-
 const scopes =
 	'https://api.thomsonreuters.com/auth/reutersconnect.contentapi.read https://api.thomsonreuters.com/auth/reutersconnect.contentapi.write';
 const authUrl = 'https://auth.thomsonreuters.com/oauth/token';
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ const audience = '7a14b6a2-73b8-4ab2-a610-80fb9f40f769';
 export async function auth(
 	clientId: string,
 	clientSecret: string,
-): Promise<AuthData> {
+): Promise<string> {
 	const req = new Request(authUrl, {
 		method: 'POST',
 		headers: {
@@ -26,9 +24,14 @@ export async function auth(
 		body: `grant_type=${grantType}&client_id=${clientId}&client_secret=${clientSecret}&audience=${audience}&scope=${encodeURIComponent(scopes)}`,
 	});
 	try {
+		console.log('Requesting new auth token from Reuters');
 		const response = await fetch(req);
 		const data = (await response.json()) as unknown;
-		return AuthSchema.parse(data);
+		const { access_token, expires_in } = AuthSchema.parse(data);
+		console.log(
+			`Received new auth token from Reuters, expires in ${expires_in} seconds`,
+		);
+		return access_token;
 	} catch (error) {
 		console.error(error);
 		throw new Error('Failed to get auth token from Reuters');
diff --git a/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/reutersPoller.ts b/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/reutersPoller.ts
index 8f12c316..2b08b343 100644
--- a/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/reutersPoller.ts
+++ b/poller-lambdas/src/pollers/reuters/reutersPoller.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ function itemResponseToIngestionLambdaInput(
 const SecretValueSchema = z.object({
 	CLIENT_ID: z.string(),
 	CLIENT_SECRET: z.string(),
+	ACCESS_TOKEN: z.string().optional(),
 });
 
 export const reutersPoller = (async (
@@ -188,49 +189,56 @@ export const reutersPoller = (async (
 	if (!parsedSecret.success) {
 		throw new Error('Failed to parse secret value for Reuters poller');
 	}
-	const { CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET } = parsedSecret.data;
-	const { access_token } = await auth(
-		CLIENT_ID,
-		CLIENT_SECRET,
-	); /** @todo: the tokens are quite long-lived so we should check that there aren't any problems requesting one on each invocation. */
+	const { CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, ACCESS_TOKEN } = parsedSecret.data;
 
-	const searchResponse = await fetch(
-		'https://api.reutersconnect.com/content/graphql',
-		{
-			method: 'POST',
-			headers: {
-				'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-				Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
-			},
-			body: JSON.stringify({
-				query: textItemsSearchQuery,
-			}),
-		},
-	);
+	let accessToken = ACCESS_TOKEN ?? (await auth(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET));
 
-	const searchData = SearchDataSchema.parse(await searchResponse.json());
-
-	const itemsToFetch = searchData.data.search.items
-		.map((item) => item.versionedGuid)
-		.filter((guid): guid is string => guid !== undefined);
-
-	const itemResponses = await Promise.all(
-		itemsToFetch.map(async (itemId) => {
-			const itemResponse = await fetch(
+	async function fetchWithReauth(query: string) {
+		let searchResponse = await fetch(
+			'https://api.reutersconnect.com/content/graphql',
+			{
+				method: 'POST',
+				headers: {
+					'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+					Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
+				},
+				body: JSON.stringify({
+					query: query,
+				}),
+			},
+		);
+		if (searchResponse.status === 401 || searchResponse.status === 419) {
+			const newAccessToken = await auth(CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET);
+			accessToken = newAccessToken;
+			searchResponse = await fetch(
 				'https://api.reutersconnect.com/content/graphql',
 				{
 					method: 'POST',
 					headers: {
 						'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-						Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}`,
+						Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
 					},
 					body: JSON.stringify({
-						query: itemQuery(itemId),
+						query: textItemsSearchQuery,
 					}),
 				},
 			);
-			return itemResponseSchema.parse(await itemResponse.json());
-		}),
+		}
+		return await searchResponse.json();
+	}
+
+	const searchData = SearchDataSchema.parse(
+		await fetchWithReauth(textItemsSearchQuery),
+	);
+
+	const itemsToFetch = searchData.data.search.items
+		.map((item) => item.versionedGuid)
+		.filter((guid): guid is string => guid !== undefined);
+
+	const itemResponses = await Promise.all(
+		itemsToFetch.map(async (itemId) =>
+			itemResponseSchema.parse(await fetchWithReauth(itemQuery(itemId))),
+		),
 	);
 
 	return {
diff --git a/poller-lambdas/src/types.ts b/poller-lambdas/src/types.ts
index adfe8ae6..e1e68d65 100644
--- a/poller-lambdas/src/types.ts
+++ b/poller-lambdas/src/types.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type PollerInput = string;
 export interface CorePollerOutput {
 	payloadForIngestionLambda: IngestorPayload[] | IngestorPayload;
 	valueForNextPoll: PollerInput;
+	newSecretValue?: SecretValue;
 }
 export type LongPollOutput = CorePollerOutput;