diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index ffed8b76..d64ba338 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ migrate_database() {
 
     # Now that database has been migrated, update version file
     echo ${REDMINE_VERSION} | exec_as_redmine tee --append ${REDMINE_DATA_DIR}/tmp/VERSION >/dev/null
+    export REDMINE_WAS_UPDATED=yes
   fi
 }