diff --git a/roles/cron/cron_database_backup/cron_database_backup-mysql/templates/regular-backups.sh.j2 b/roles/cron/cron_database_backup/cron_database_backup-mysql/templates/regular-backups.sh.j2
index 33c27a5a..691163f5 100644
--- a/roles/cron/cron_database_backup/cron_database_backup-mysql/templates/regular-backups.sh.j2
+++ b/roles/cron/cron_database_backup/cron_database_backup-mysql/templates/regular-backups.sh.j2
@@ -6,20 +6,20 @@ DBHOST='{{ database.host }}'
 DB_NAME='{{ database.original.database }}'
 CURRENT_DBNAME='{{ database.name }}'
 TARGET_DIR="{{ cron_mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/$DBHOST"
-TARBALL="$DB_NAME-$(date -Iseconds).sql.bz2"
+TARBALL="$DB_NAME-$(date -Iseconds).sql.gz"
 KEEP=$(({{ database.original.backup.keep | default(cron_mysql_backup.keep) }}+1))
 
 backup(){
   mysqldump {{ cron_mysql_backup.mysqldump_params }} \
-	    -u"$DBUSER" -p"$DBPASSWORD" -h"$DBHOST" "$CURRENT_DBNAME" | bzip2 > "$TARGET_DIR/$TARBALL"
+	    -u"$DBUSER" -p"$DBPASSWORD" -h"$DBHOST" "$CURRENT_DBNAME" | gzip > "$TARGET_DIR/$TARBALL"
   ln -sfn "$TARGET_DIR/$TARBALL" "$TARGET_DIR/$DB_NAME"
 }
 
 cleanup(){
-  if [ "$(find "$TARGET_DIR" -name '*sql.bz2'  | wc -l)" -lt "$KEEP" ]; then
+  if [ "$(find "$TARGET_DIR" -name '*.sql.*'  | wc -l)" -lt "$KEEP" ]; then
     return 0
   fi
-  rm "$(find $TARGET_DIR -name '*.sql.bz2' | sort | head -n 1)"
+  rm "$(find $TARGET_DIR -name '*.sql.*' | sort | head -n 1)"
   cleanup
 }
 
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-dump.yml
index 2609cabe..734aad4d 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/cleanup-dump.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # We assume it's safe to only go back 50 build back.
 - name: Delete mysql dumps.
   ansible.builtin.file:
-    path: "{{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ item }}.sql.bz2"
+    path: "{{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ item }}.sql.*"
     state: absent
   with_sequence: start={{ [previous_build_number | int - cleanup_history_depth, 0] | max }}  end={{ [previous_build_number | int - mysql_backup.keep, 0] | max }}
   run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
index 9f6f6959..9c11857f 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/deploy-dump.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   run_once: true
 
 - name: Take a database dump.
-  ansible.builtin.shell: "set -o pipefail && mysqldump --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} {{ mysql_backup.mysqldump_params }} {{ database.database }} | bzip2 > {{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.bz2"
+  ansible.builtin.shell: "set -o pipefail && mysqldump --defaults-extra-file={{ database.credentials_file }} {{ mysql_backup.mysqldump_params }} {{ database.database }} | gzip > {{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.gz"
   args:
     executable: /bin/bash
   when: previous_build_number > 0
diff --git a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
index 4fee5ceb..08059e30 100644
--- a/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
+++ b/roles/database_backup/database_backup-mysql/tasks/revert-dump.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 - name: Unpack dump file.
   ansible.builtin.unarchive:
-    src: "{{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.bz2"
+    src: "{{ mysql_backup.dumps_directory }}/{{ _mysql_host }}/{{ database.database }}-{{ previous_build_number }}.sql.gz"
     dest: "/tmp"
     remote_src: true
   run_once: true
diff --git a/roles/sync/database_sync/database_sync-mysql/defaults/main.yml b/roles/sync/database_sync/database_sync-mysql/defaults/main.yml
index 88143a7b..98ac19bf 100644
--- a/roles/sync/database_sync/database_sync-mysql/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/sync/database_sync/database_sync-mysql/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mysql_sync:
   mysqldump_params: "{{ _mysqldump_params }}" # set in _init but you can override here.
   cleanup: true # if false leaves tmp database dump on deploy server for debugging purposes.
-  archival_method: "bzip2" # oprions are "bzip2" or "gzip".
+  archival_method: "gzip" # oprions are "bzip2" or "gzip".
   databases:
     - source:
         # Name of the database to take a dump from.