diff --git a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/2a4b4167e088_product_name_column_in_api_keys_table.py b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/2a4b4167e088_product_name_column_in_api_keys_table.py
index 7a407202e5f..657459fc3a5 100644
--- a/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/2a4b4167e088_product_name_column_in_api_keys_table.py
+++ b/packages/postgres-database/src/simcore_postgres_database/migration/versions/2a4b4167e088_product_name_column_in_api_keys_table.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def _find_default_product_name_or_none(conn):
 
 def upgrade():
     # ### commands auto generated by Alembic - please adjust! ###
-    op.add_column("api_keys", sa.Column("product_name", sa.String(), nullable=False))
+    op.add_column("api_keys", sa.Column("product_name", sa.String(), nullable=True))
     op.create_foreign_key(
         "fk_api_keys_product_name",
         "api_keys",
@@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ def upgrade():
     conn = op.get_bind()
     default_product = _find_default_product_name_or_none(conn)
     if default_product:
-        op.execute(f"UPDATE api_keys SET product_name = '{default_product}'")
+        op.execute(sa.DDL(f"UPDATE api_keys SET product_name = '{default_product}'"))
+
+    # make it non nullable now
+    op.alter_column(
+        "api_keys", "product_name", existing_type=sa.String(), nullable=False
+    )
 
 
 def downgrade():