diff --git a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/RemoveOldTasksBackgroundJob.php b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/RemoveOldTasksBackgroundJob.php
index 42d073a024d31..2ecc34ef82906 100644
--- a/lib/private/TaskProcessing/RemoveOldTasksBackgroundJob.php
+++ b/lib/private/TaskProcessing/RemoveOldTasksBackgroundJob.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class RemoveOldTasksBackgroundJob extends TimedJob {
-	public const MAX_TASK_AGE_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30 * 4; // 4 months
+	public const MAX_TASK_AGE_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24 * 31 * 6; // 6 months
 	private \OCP\Files\IAppData $appData;
 
 	public function __construct(