diff --git a/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf b/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf
index 7f3897eb5..99d25cd41 100644
--- a/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf
+++ b/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
 default_time_zone='+00:00'
 
 # keep mysql binlogs under check
-expire_logs_days        = 10
+expire_logs_days        = 5
 max_binlog_size   = 100M
 
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diff --git a/setup/start/mysql/8.0.cnf b/setup/start/mysql/8.0.cnf
index 80e51c1e5..6eea9c9ba 100644
--- a/setup/start/mysql/8.0.cnf
+++ b/setup/start/mysql/8.0.cnf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_ci
 default_time_zone='+00:00'
 
 # keep mysql binlogs under check
-binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 864000
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 432000
 max_binlog_size   = 100M
 
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