diff --git a/src/crawlers/scholar_crawler.py b/src/crawlers/scholar_crawler.py
index a3104cc..8c419a4 100644
--- a/src/crawlers/scholar_crawler.py
+++ b/src/crawlers/scholar_crawler.py
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class ScholarCrawler(ICrawler):
     def __init__(self, query: str = "Artificial Intelligence", source: str = "Google Scholar"):
         self.query = query
+        current_year = datetime.now().year
         # Google Scholar query URL
-        self.url = f"https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q={query.replace(' ', '+')}"
+        self.url = f"https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q={query.replace(' ', '+')}&as_ylo={current_year - 5}"
         self.source = source
 
     async def fetch_latest(self) -> List[NewsItemDTO]:
diff --git a/tests/crawlers/test_scholar_crawler.py b/tests/crawlers/test_scholar_crawler.py
index f4a3e98..04fbf4f 100644
--- a/tests/crawlers/test_scholar_crawler.py
+++ b/tests/crawlers/test_scholar_crawler.py
@@ -113,3 +113,14 @@ async def test_scholar_crawler_captcha():
         
         items = await crawler.fetch_latest()
         assert items == []
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_scholar_crawler_url_year_filter():
+    """Verify that the crawler filters results from the last 5 years."""
+    current_year = datetime.now().year
+    expected_year = current_year - 5
+    query = "Edge AI"
+    crawler = ScholarCrawler(query=query)
+    
+    # The URL should include the lower year bound filter
+    assert f"&as_ylo={expected_year}" in crawler.url