diff --git a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
index 3d48b03e6d..5a4113499a 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
+++ b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/repository.properties
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ system.content.deletionFailureAction=IGNORE
 # The CRON expression to trigger the deletion of resources associated with orphaned content.
 system.content.orphanCleanup.cronExpression=0 0 4 * * ?
 
+# The CRON expression to trigger the cleanup of deleted nodes and dangling transactions that are old enough
+system.nodeServiceCleanup.cronExpression=0 0 21 * * ?
 
 # When transforming archive files (.zip etc) into text representations (such as
 #  for full text indexing), should the files within the archive be processed too?
@@ -1227,4 +1229,4 @@ system.new-node-transaction-indexes.ignored=true
 
 # Allows the configuration of maximum limits of the temp files to be deleted or the maximum time allowed to run for the job
 system.tempFileCleaner.maxFilesToDelete=
-system.tempFileCleaner.maxTimeToRun=
\ No newline at end of file
+system.tempFileCleaner.maxTimeToRun=
diff --git a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/scheduled-jobs-context.xml b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/scheduled-jobs-context.xml
index c559c6a313..49dc9237f8 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/scheduled-jobs-context.xml
+++ b/repository/src/main/resources/alfresco/scheduled-jobs-context.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
     <bean id="nodeServiceCleanupTrigger" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.CronTriggerFactoryBean">
-        <property name="cronExpression" value="0 0 21 * * ?"/>
+        <property name="cronExpression" value="${system.nodeServiceCleanup.cronExpression}"/>
         <property name="startDelay" value="${system.cronJob.startDelayMilliseconds}"/>
         <property name="jobDetail">
             <bean class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailFactoryBean">