diff --git a/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf b/setup/start/mysql/5.7.cnf
index 99d25cd41..2da4c7a94 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        = 5
+expire_logs_days        = 2
 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 6eea9c9ba..4d410205c 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 = 432000
+binlog_expire_logs_seconds = 172800
 max_binlog_size   = 100M
 
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