diff --git a/compute_tools/src/spec.rs b/compute_tools/src/spec.rs
index 27d95c30e7..8667a76b1f 100644
--- a/compute_tools/src/spec.rs
+++ b/compute_tools/src/spec.rs
@@ -778,8 +778,10 @@ END
 $$;"#,
         "GRANT pg_monitor TO neon_superuser WITH ADMIN OPTION",
         // ensure tables created by superusers (i.e., when creating extensions) can be used by neon_superuser.
-        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON TABLES TO neon_superuser",
-        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON SEQUENCES TO neon_superuser",
+        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON TABLES TO neon_superuser", // to-be removed in the future
+        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON SEQUENCES TO neon_superuser", // to-be removed in the future
+        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON TABLES TO neon_superuser WITH GRANT OPTION",
+        "ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA public GRANT ALL ON SEQUENCES TO neon_superuser WITH GRANT OPTION",
     ];
 
     let mut query = "CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS neon_migration";
diff --git a/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py b/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
index 997297a5cd..3f626c5c7c 100644
--- a/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
+++ b/test_runner/regress/test_migrations.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def test_migrations(neon_simple_env: NeonEnv):
 
     endpoint.wait_for_migrations()
 
-    num_migrations = 6
+    num_migrations = 8
 
     with endpoint.cursor() as cur:
         cur.execute("SELECT id FROM neon_migration.migration_id")