diff --git a/playbooks/groups/backup-server.yml b/playbooks/groups/backup-server.yml
index 59ca04363b..7bcb1d0353 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/backup-server.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/backup-server.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   - collectd/base
   - { role: nfs/client,
       mnt_dir: '/fedora_backups',
-      nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3",
+      nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=4",
       nfs_src_dir: 'fedora_backups' }
   - openvpn/client