diff --git a/backend/src/database/migrations/U1762938833__migrateMaintainersRepoReferenceToGitRepositories.sql b/backend/src/database/migrations/U1762938833__migrateMaintainersRepoReferenceToGitRepositories.sql
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diff --git a/backend/src/database/migrations/V1762938833__migrateMaintainersRepoReferenceToGitRepositories.sql b/backend/src/database/migrations/V1762938833__migrateMaintainersRepoReferenceToGitRepositories.sql
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+-- Migration to remove the foreign key constraint from maintainersInternal.repoId to githubRepos.id
+-- This removes the dependency on githubRepos table and creates the new reference to git.repositories table
+
+ALTER TABLE "maintainersInternal"
+DROP CONSTRAINT IF EXISTS "maintainersInternal_repoId_fkey";
+
+ALTER TABLE "maintainersInternal"
+ADD CONSTRAINT "maintainersInternal_repoId_fkey"
+FOREIGN KEY ("repoId")
+REFERENCES git.repositories(id)
+ON DELETE CASCADE;
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