diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2d33a5c..92ffd8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 * evobackup: zzz_evobackup upstream release 22.12, and call zzz_evobackup with bash
 * base: install bash, now needed for zzz_evobackup script
 * base: dump-server-state.sh upstream release 23.03
+* post-install: execute motd-carp-state.sh only once an hour
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/roles/post-install/tasks/motd.yml b/roles/post-install/tasks/motd.yml
index f04a3b0..ff42a90 100644
--- a/roles/post-install/tasks/motd.yml
+++ b/roles/post-install/tasks/motd.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   cron:
     name: dynamic motd for CARP
     job: "/bin/sh /usr/share/scripts/motd-carp-state.sh"
+    minute: "0"
     disabled: true
   when:
     - not (root_crontab_content.stdout