diff --git a/go/migrations/20240313233558.sql b/go/migrations/20240313233558.sql
index e8d72ab372a..d86bcf072c2 100644
--- a/go/migrations/20240313233558.sql
+++ b/go/migrations/20240313233558.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+CREATE SCHEMA "public";
+
 -- Create "collection_metadata" table
 CREATE TABLE "public"."collection_metadata" (
   "collection_id" text NOT NULL,
diff --git a/go/migrations/atlas.sum b/go/migrations/atlas.sum
index df6b20e0eee..04e4dfc5644 100644
--- a/go/migrations/atlas.sum
+++ b/go/migrations/atlas.sum
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-h1:Q+UeSEuBZon9dDhW0jtrv4UYIX0CkFd+WYE9xRH7hoM=
-20240313233558.sql h1:WqdAFn0qL9z9fAItKv7kQuENhDpawT0FRsIrWDhLoJ0=
+h1:Dp024rtdoEin0+duRRzaVGXblk6B0WSa0X3H/m4SRh8=
+20240313233558.sql h1:shyeY6BuLGJ1Ia/G/hH+NZS6HZqHxhBJ2Pfdoeerz7I=
diff --git a/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/sysdb-migration.yaml b/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/sysdb-migration.yaml
index 009a2a2948e..611d38a8d31 100644
--- a/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/sysdb-migration.yaml
+++ b/k8s/distributed-chroma/templates/sysdb-migration.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ spec:
         - command:
             - "/bin/sh"
             - "-c"
-            - "atlas schema clean && atlas migrate apply --url postgres://{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.username }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.password }}@{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.netloc }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.port }}/{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.dbName }}?sslmode={{ .Values.sysdbMigration.sslmode }}"
+            - "atlas schema clean --auto-approve --url postgres://{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.username }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.password }}@{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.netloc }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.port }}/{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.dbName }}?sslmode={{ .Values.sysdbMigration.sslmode }}; atlas migrate apply --url postgres://{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.username }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.password }}@{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.netloc }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.port }}/{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.dbName }}?sslmode={{ .Values.sysdbMigration.sslmode }}"
           image: "{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.sysdbMigration.image.tag }}"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           name: migration