diff --git a/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
index f3fbef1d6e..c8f270f11c 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/etherpad/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -140,3 +140,4 @@
     name: logrotate
   vars:
     logrotate_file_name: /var/backups/etherpad-mariadb/etherpad-mariadb.sql.gz
+    logrotate_compress: false
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index d412c92b58..60164f0be3 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -185,3 +185,4 @@
     name: logrotate
   vars:
     logrotate_file_name: /var/backups/gitea-mariadb/gitea-mariadb.sql.gz
+    logrotate_compress: false