diff --git a/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
index 90444538..b8752818 100644
--- a/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ mysql_listen_on_ext_int: False
 mysql_backup_use_nagios: False
 mysql_backup_logdir: '{{ mysql_log_dir }}'
 mysql_backup_logfile: '{{ mysql_backup_logdir }}/my_backup.log'
-mysql_backup_retain_copies: 15
+mysql_backup_retain_copies: 3
 mysql_backup_destdir: /var/lib/mysql-backup
 mysql_backup_exclude_list: "performance_schema"
 
diff --git a/library/roles/postgresql/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/postgresql/defaults/main.yml
index 5aac90b9..2360d346 100644
--- a/library/roles/postgresql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/postgresql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ postgres_gis_pkgs:
 pg_backup_enabled: True
 pg_backup_bin: /usr/local/sbin/postgresql-backup
 pg_backup_pgdump_bin: /usr/bin/pg_dump
-pg_backup_retain_copies: 1
+pg_backup_retain_copies: 2
 pg_backup_build_db_list: "yes"
 # Dynamically created from psql_db_data if pg_backup_db_list is not set
 #pg_backup_db_list: '{{ psql_db_name}}'