diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
index 26f21b1f3..1889dffd6 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_prune.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"math"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -205,6 +206,9 @@ func runPruneWithRepo(ctx context.Context, opts PruneOptions, gopts GlobalOption
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Trigger GC to reset garbage collection threshold
+	runtime.GC()
+
 	return doPrune(ctx, opts, gopts, repo, plan)
 }