diff --git a/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
index c8f270f11c..4d5967aee3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -139,5 +139,6 @@
   include_role:
     name: logrotate
   vars:
+    logrotate_rotate: 2
     logrotate_file_name: /var/backups/etherpad-mariadb/etherpad-mariadb.sql.gz
     logrotate_compress: false