diff --git a/config/site_settings.yml b/config/site_settings.yml
index 1117b65e037..756714078e7 100644
--- a/config/site_settings.yml
+++ b/config/site_settings.yml
@@ -1488,7 +1488,9 @@ files:
     regex: '\A((https?:\/\/.+)(\|https?:\/\/.+[|$])*)?\z'
   create_thumbnails: true
   clean_up_uploads: true
-  clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: 48
+  clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours:
+    default: 48
+    max: 168
   purge_deleted_uploads_grace_period_days:
     default: 30
     max: 36500
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240112021335_set_max_clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours.rb b/db/migrate/20240112021335_set_max_clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5bf8b3a5da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240112021335_set_max_clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class SetMaxCleanOrphanUploadsGracePeriodHours < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def up
+    DB.exec <<~SQL
+        UPDATE site_settings SET value = '168' WHERE name ='clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours' and value::int > 168;
+      SQL
+  end
+
+  def down
+    raise ActiveRecord::IrreversibleMigration.new
+  end
+end
diff --git a/script/import_scripts/base.rb b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
index a3df09e2f90..8588d742d7f 100644
--- a/script/import_scripts/base.rb
+++ b/script/import_scripts/base.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class ImportScripts::Base
       clean_up_inactive_users_after_days: 0,
       clean_up_unused_staged_users_after_days: 0,
       clean_up_uploads: false,
-      clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: 1800,
+      clean_orphan_uploads_grace_period_hours: 168,
     }
   end