diff --git a/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.down.sql b/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.down.sql
index d9c271d844..b705b29b6e 100644
--- a/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.down.sql
+++ b/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.down.sql
@@ -1,2 +1,18 @@
 -- Add types for the new dcs that are introduced for the derived data
 ALTER TABLE embeddings DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS datacenters;
+
+DO
+$$
+    BEGIN
+        IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM pg_trigger WHERE tgname = 'update_embeddings_updated_at') THEN
+            CREATE TRIGGER update_embeddings_updated_at
+                BEFORE UPDATE
+                ON embeddings
+                FOR EACH ROW
+            EXECUTE PROCEDURE
+                trigger_updated_at_microseconds_column();
+        ELSE
+            RAISE NOTICE 'Trigger update_embeddings_updated_at already exists.';
+        END IF;
+    END
+$$;
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diff --git a/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.up.sql b/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.up.sql
index 28f53d4d13..9d8e28ba77 100644
--- a/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.up.sql
+++ b/server/migrations/86_add_dc_embedding.up.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 -- Add types for the new dcs that are introduced for the derived data
 ALTER TYPE s3region ADD VALUE 'wasabi-eu-central-2-derived';
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS update_embeddings_updated_at ON embeddings;
 ALTER TABLE embeddings ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS datacenters s3region[] default '{b2-eu-cen}';