diff --git a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
index 66216c64a..a0200c98c 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/database-migration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import cpfpRepository from '../repositories/CpfpRepository';
 import { RowDataPacket } from 'mysql2';
 
 class DatabaseMigration {
-  private static currentVersion = 52;
+  private static currentVersion = 53;
   private queryTimeout = 3600_000;
   private statisticsAddedIndexed = false;
   private uniqueLogs: string[] = [];
@@ -468,6 +468,11 @@ class DatabaseMigration {
         logger.warn('' + (e instanceof Error ? e.message : e));
       }
     }
+
+    if (databaseSchemaVersion < 53) {
+      await this.$executeQuery('ALTER TABLE statistics MODIFY mempool_byte_weight bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL');
+      await this.updateToSchemaVersion(53);
+    }
   }
 
   /**