diff --git a/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py b/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
index 04b1f43bc1b..5e0fb8b59d6 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/recorder/util.py
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ def periodic_db_cleanups(instance: Recorder) -> None:
         _LOGGER.debug("WAL checkpoint")
         with instance.engine.connect() as connection:
             connection.execute(text("PRAGMA wal_checkpoint(TRUNCATE);"))
+            connection.execute(text("PRAGMA OPTIMIZE;"))
 
 
 @contextmanager