diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index aa56fe5f82..8a1aba61b6 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     user: root
     job: >
       /usr/bin/docker-compose -f /etc/gitea-docker/docker-compose.yaml exec -T mariadb
-      bash -c '/usr/bin/mysqldump --opt --ignore-table mysql.event --all-databases --single-transaction -uroot -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"' |
+      bash -c '/usr/bin/mysqldump --opt --databases gitea --single-transaction -uroot -p"$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"' |
       gzip -9 > /var/backups/gitea-mariadb/gitea-mariadb.sql.gz
     minute: 42
     hour: 4