diff --git a/lib/foreman_maintain/concerns/base_database.rb b/lib/foreman_maintain/concerns/base_database.rb
index f6aff6979..1fe46bde0 100644
--- a/lib/foreman_maintain/concerns/base_database.rb
+++ b/lib/foreman_maintain/concerns/base_database.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def ping(config = configuration)
       end
 
       def dump_db(file, config = configuration)
-        execute!(dump_command(config) + " > #{file}", :hidden_patterns => [config['password']], :user => config['user'])
+        execute!(dump_command(config) + " -f #{file}", :hidden_patterns => [config['password']], :user => config['user'])
       end
 
       def restore_dump(file, localdb, config = configuration)
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ def psql_command(config)
 
       def dump_command(config)
         if config['connection_string']
-          "pg_dump -Fc #{config['connection_string']}"
+          "pg_dump --format=c #{config['connection_string']}"
         else
-          base_command(config, 'pg_dump') + " -Fc #{config['database']}"
+          base_command(config, 'pg_dump') + " --format=c #{config['database']}"
         end
       end