diff --git a/core/lib/dal/.sqlx/query-3f9543c622a3877dd8612f3fc5f31867b3c0bff34bbacbc31ff4cd786c97ca90.json b/core/lib/dal/.sqlx/query-3f9543c622a3877dd8612f3fc5f31867b3c0bff34bbacbc31ff4cd786c97ca90.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72d008c11475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/dal/.sqlx/query-3f9543c622a3877dd8612f3fc5f31867b3c0bff34bbacbc31ff4cd786c97ca90.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "\n            DELETE FROM l1_batches_consensus\n            ",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": []
+    },
+    "nullable": []
+  },
+  "hash": "3f9543c622a3877dd8612f3fc5f31867b3c0bff34bbacbc31ff4cd786c97ca90"
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs b/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
index 87285266d58e..4887398d2a2b 100644
--- a/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
+++ b/core/lib/dal/src/consensus_dal.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ impl ConsensusDal<'_, '_> {
             serde_json::value::Serializer,
         )
         .unwrap();
+        sqlx::query!(
+            r#"
+            DELETE FROM l1_batches_consensus
+            "#
+        )
+        .instrument("try_update_genesis#DELETE FROM l1_batches_consensus")
+        .execute(&mut txn)
+        .await?;
         sqlx::query!(
             r#"
             DELETE FROM miniblocks_consensus