diff --git a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
index 31bf7012560e9bab93355c2b58e33be66656a5a6..925444bd11ed235dbc0291cdbfd7511530c219af 100644
--- a/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
+++ b/tasks/configure_persistent_journald_logging.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
     mode: "0644"
     create: "true"
     state: present
-    block: |
+  loop:
+    - path: "log_retention.conf"
+      block: |
+      # According to SLUB policy beginning in July 2023, there are new retention periods for log entries governed by the law (SächsISichG §13). From now on, logs in journald are stored for 90 days, as reflected by this configuration.
+      # Find details on this configuration item at https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journald.conf.html#MaxFileSec=
+      MaxFileSec=1day
+      # Find details on this configuration item at https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/journald.conf.html#MaxRetentionSec=
+      MaxRetentionSec=90day
+    - path: "persistence.conf"
+      block: |
       # If "persistent", data will be stored preferably on disk, i.e. below the /var/log/journal hierarchy (which is created if needed), with a fallback to /run/log/journal (which is created if needed), during early boot and if the disk is not writable.
       Storage=persistent