diff --git a/pkg/coredata/migrations/20251014T120000Z.sql b/pkg/coredata/migrations/20251014T120000Z.sql
index f5fa07c7c..6eaea397c 100644
--- a/pkg/coredata/migrations/20251014T120000Z.sql
+++ b/pkg/coredata/migrations/20251014T120000Z.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
--- Add retry tracking fields for SSL certificate provisioning
 ALTER TABLE custom_domains ADD COLUMN ssl_retry_count INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
 ALTER TABLE custom_domains ADD COLUMN ssl_last_attempt_at TIMESTAMP;
 
--- Add index to efficiently find stale provisioning attempts
+ALTER TABLE custom_domains ALTER COLUMN ssl_retry_count DROP DEFAULT;
+
 CREATE INDEX idx_custom_domains_ssl_last_attempt
     ON custom_domains(ssl_last_attempt_at, ssl_status)
     WHERE ssl_status IN ('PENDING', 'PROVISIONING', 'RENEWING');