diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index 5fc4b96a62..776ff8a367 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
     job: "docker exec -t gitea-docker_gitea-web_1 find /data/git/repositories/ -maxdepth 2 -name *.git -type d -execdir git --git-dir={} gc --quiet \\;"
     minute: '{{ 59 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
     hour: '{{ 23 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
-    weekday: '0'
+    weekday: '*/2'
 - name: Create db backup dest
   file:
     state: directory