diff --git a/roles/borgmatic/files/dump-sqlite.sh b/roles/borgmatic/files/dump-sqlite.sh
index 619b051..6f0c426 100644
--- a/roles/borgmatic/files/dump-sqlite.sh
+++ b/roles/borgmatic/files/dump-sqlite.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Helper script for borgmatic to dump SQLite databases.
+#
 # Necessary as the version of borgmatic in Debian/bookworm doesn't
-# support backing up SQLite databases natively yet.
+# support backing up SQLite databases natively and we do want to use
+# the "backup" command instead of the "dump" command used by borgmatic
+# anyway.
 
 set -e
 
@@ -26,4 +29,4 @@ fi
 
 mkdir -p /tmp/borgmatic/sqlite/
 
-sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" .dump > "/tmp/borgmatic/sqlite/$DB_NAME.sql"
+sqlite3 "$DB_PATH" ".timeout 10000" ".backup /tmp/borgmatic/sqlite/$DB_NAME.sqlite"