diff --git a/backend/.sqlx/query-fe58ca3cef78c73867d309156df2b74f7127bf6cba25c9a0c5ca5eedd6a19aff.json b/backend/.sqlx/query-fe58ca3cef78c73867d309156df2b74f7127bf6cba25c9a0c5ca5eedd6a19aff.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1188489d89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.sqlx/query-fe58ca3cef78c73867d309156df2b74f7127bf6cba25c9a0c5ca5eedd6a19aff.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "DELETE FROM _sqlx_migrations WHERE version=20250131115248",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": []
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "fe58ca3cef78c73867d309156df2b74f7127bf6cba25c9a0c5ca5eedd6a19aff"
+}
diff --git a/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.down.sql b/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d2a024490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DELETE FROM global_settings WHERE name = 'otel';
diff --git a/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.up.sql b/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8227396ebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/migrations/20250131182047_otel_global_settings_v2.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+INSERT INTO global_settings (name, value) 
+VALUES ('otel', '{}') 
+ON CONFLICT (name) DO NOTHING;
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/src/db.rs b/backend/windmill-api/src/db.rs
index 6186b0ada1..6cff3872e7 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/src/db.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/src/db.rs
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ pub async fn migrate(db: &DB) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let migrator = db.acquire().await?;
     let mut custom_migrator = CustomMigrator { inner: migrator };
 
+    if let Err(err) = sqlx::query!("DELETE FROM _sqlx_migrations WHERE version=20250131115248")
+        .execute(db)
+        .await
+    {
+        tracing::info!("Could not remove sqlx migration with version=20250131115248: {err:#}");
+    }
+
     match sqlx::migrate!("../migrations")
         .run_direct(&mut custom_migrator)
         .await