diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 480a63ac65..5bd68e73fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Note that the only difference between `v2` and `v3` of the CodeQL Action is the
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
-No user facing changes.
+- Change the retention period for uploaded debug artifacts to 7 days. Previously, this was whatever the repository default was. [#2079](https://github.com/github/codeql-action/pull/2079)
 
 ## 3.23.0 - 08 Jan 2024
 
diff --git a/lib/debug-artifacts.js b/lib/debug-artifacts.js
index f49c5e9abc..e4956b2ce5 100644
--- a/lib/debug-artifacts.js
+++ b/lib/debug-artifacts.js
@@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ async function uploadDebugArtifacts(toUpload, rootDir, artifactName) {
             core.info("Could not parse user-specified `matrix` input into JSON. The debug artifact will not be named with the user's `matrix` input.");
         }
     }
-    await artifact.create().uploadArtifact(sanitizeArifactName(`${artifactName}${suffix}`), toUpload.map((file) => path.normalize(file)), path.normalize(rootDir), { continueOnError: true });
+    await artifact.create().uploadArtifact(sanitizeArifactName(`${artifactName}${suffix}`), toUpload.map((file) => path.normalize(file)), path.normalize(rootDir), {
+        continueOnError: true,
+        // ensure we don't keep the debug artifacts around for too long since they can be large.
+        retentionDays: 7,
+    });
 }
 exports.uploadDebugArtifacts = uploadDebugArtifacts;
 async function uploadSarifDebugArtifact(config, outputDir) {
diff --git a/lib/debug-artifacts.js.map b/lib/debug-artifacts.js.map
index 4b7ef44c34..c8a8b2e4a9 100644
--- a/lib/debug-artifacts.js.map
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diff --git a/src/debug-artifacts.ts b/src/debug-artifacts.ts
index ac782a11d2..91bdf46112 100644
--- a/src/debug-artifacts.ts
+++ b/src/debug-artifacts.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ export async function uploadDebugArtifacts(
     sanitizeArifactName(`${artifactName}${suffix}`),
     toUpload.map((file) => path.normalize(file)),
     path.normalize(rootDir),
-    { continueOnError: true },
+    {
+      continueOnError: true,
+      // ensure we don't keep the debug artifacts around for too long since they can be large.
+      retentionDays: 7,
+    },
   );
 }