diff --git a/tasks/backups.yml b/tasks/backups.yml
index 76ed58550b1e2a7885673013bc03bec519ab9fe2..d2c3cbb1494b4e96c31fb5402e9c0ee26d49fb01 100644
--- a/tasks/backups.yml
+++ b/tasks/backups.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 - name: add gitlab backup cleanup job
   cron:
     name: gitlab backup cleanup
-    job: 'find {{ gitlab.backup.path }}/* -mtime +{{ gitlab.backup.keep_days }} -type f -exec rm {} \;'
+    job: 'find {{ gitlab.backup.path }}/* -mtime +{{ gitlab.backup.keep_days - 1 }} -type f -exec rm {} \;'
     special_time: daily