diff --git a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
index 879ea07c22..3947119f20 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/gitea/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@
     name: pack-git-refs
     state: present
     job: "docker exec -t giteadocker_gitea-web_1 find /data/git/repositories/ -maxdepth 2 -name *.git -type d -execdir git --git-dir={} gc --quiet \\;"
-    minute: 37
-    hour: 12
+    minute: '{{ 59 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
+    hour: '{{ 23 | random(seed=inventory_hostname) }}'
     weekday: 0
 - name: Create db backup dest
   file: