diff --git a/app/tasks/maintenance.php b/app/tasks/maintenance.php
index 27a959ece4..42b5ed00dc 100644
--- a/app/tasks/maintenance.php
+++ b/app/tasks/maintenance.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ $cli
             $time = DateTime::now();
 
             $certificates = $dbForConsole->find('certificates', [
-               Query::lessThanEqual('attempts', 5), // Maximum 5 attempts
+               Query::lessThan('attempts', 5), // Maximum 5 attempts
                Query::lessThanEqual('renewDate', $time), // includes 60 days cooldown (we have 30 days to renew)
                Query::limit(200), // Limit 200 comes from LetsEncrypt (300 orders per 3 hours, keeping some for new domains)
             ]);