diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/files/php.ini b/modules/rhizo_base/files/php.ini
index 6f9820e..56d6ee0 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/files/php.ini
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/files/php.ini
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ session.gc_divisor = 1000
 ; After this number of seconds, stored data will be seen as 'garbage' and
 ; cleaned up by the garbage collection process.
 ; http://php.net/session.gc-maxlifetime
-session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
+session.gc_maxlifetime = 14400
 
 ; NOTE: If you are using the subdirectory option for storing session files
 ;       (see session.save_path above), then garbage collection does *not*
diff --git a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
index 75e2449..df75a95 100644
--- a/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
+++ b/modules/rhizo_base/manifests/packages.pp
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ class rhizo_base::packages::buster inherits rhizo_base::packages::common {
     append_on_no_match => false,
   }
 
+  file_line { 'apache_php_gc':
+    ensure             => present,
+    path               => '/etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini',
+    line               => 'session.gc_maxlifetime = 14400',
+    match              => '^session.gc_maxlifetime',
+    append_on_no_match => false,
+  }
 }
 
 class rhizo_base::packages::stretch inherits rhizo_base::packages::common {