diff --git a/bench/patches/patches.txt b/bench/patches/patches.txt
index 7cb1a076..55a65019 100644
--- a/bench/patches/patches.txt
+++ b/bench/patches/patches.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ bench.patches.v4.update_node
 bench.patches.v4.update_socketio
 bench.patches.v4.install_yarn #2
 bench.patches.v5.fix_user_permissions
+bench.patches.v5.fix_backup_cronjob
diff --git a/bench/patches/v5/fix_backup_cronjob.py b/bench/patches/v5/fix_backup_cronjob.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15bbfcf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/patches/v5/fix_backup_cronjob.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from bench.config.common_site_config import get_config
+from crontab import CronTab
+
+
+def execute(bench_path):
+	"""
+		This patch fixes a cron job that would backup sites every minute per 6 hours
+	"""
+
+	user = get_config(bench_path=bench_path).get('frappe_user')
+	user_crontab = CronTab(user=user)
+
+	for job in user_crontab.find_comment("bench auto backups set for every 6 hours"):
+		job.every(6).hours()
+		user_crontab.write()
diff --git a/bench/utils.py b/bench/utils.py
index d94fc26b..948d62ea 100755
--- a/bench/utils.py
+++ b/bench/utils.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ def setup_backups(bench_path='.'):
 
 	if job_command not in str(system_crontab):
 		job = system_crontab.new(command=job_command, comment="bench auto backups set for every 6 hours")
-		job.hour.every(6)
+		job.every(6).hours()
 		system_crontab.write()