diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11f7c434..9743cd40 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ rocksky-backup.sql
 *.db
 *.parquet
 *.sql.gz
+*.dump
diff --git a/tools/backup-xata.sh b/tools/backup-xata.sh
index 5ac4d129..bb1ec3be 100755
--- a/tools/backup-xata.sh
+++ b/tools/backup-xata.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # exit if XATA_POSTGRES_URL is not set
 : "${XATA_POSTGRES_URL:?Need to set XATA_POSTGRES_URL non-empty}"
 
-BACKUP_NAME="xata-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).sql.gz"
+BACKUP_NAME="xata-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).dump"
 
-pg_dump $XATA_POSTGRES_URL --no-owner --no-acl -Fc | pv -pteba | gzip > "$BACKUP_NAME"
+pg_dump $XATA_POSTGRES_URL --no-owner --no-acl -Fc | pv -pteba > "$BACKUP_NAME"