diff --git a/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.test.ts b/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.test.ts
index 2e035a6bad8..c682d9aa80b 100644
--- a/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.test.ts
+++ b/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import {WebWorker} from 'Util/worker';
 import {BackUpHeader, DecodedHeader, ENCRYPTED_BACKUP_FORMAT, ENCRYPTED_BACKUP_VERSION} from './BackUpHeader';
 import {BackupRepository, Filename} from './BackupRepository';
 import {BackupService} from './BackupService';
-import {CancelError, DifferentAccountError, IncompatibleBackupError, IncompatiblePlatformError} from './Error';
+import {CancelError, DifferentAccountError, IncompatiblePlatformError} from './Error';
 import {handleZipEvent} from './zipWorker';
 
 import {ConversationRepository} from '../conversation/ConversationRepository';
@@ -172,12 +172,6 @@ describe('BackupRepository', () => {
           metaChanges: {user_id: 'fail'},
         },
       ],
-      [
-        {
-          expectedError: IncompatibleBackupError,
-          metaChanges: {version: 13}, // version 14 contains a migration script, thus will generate an error
-        },
-      ],
       [
         {
           expectedError: IncompatiblePlatformError,
diff --git a/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.ts b/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.ts
index 893665f530e..8c5fb03f5d2 100644
--- a/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.ts
+++ b/src/script/backup/BackupRepository.ts
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ export class BackupRepository {
       throw new InvalidMetaDataError();
     }
 
-    await this.verifyMetadata(user, files);
+    const archiveVersion = await this.verifyMetadata(user, files);
     const fileDescriptors = Object.entries(files)
       .filter(([filename]) => filename !== Filename.METADATA)
       .map(([filename, content]) => {
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ export class BackupRepository {
     const nbEntities = fileDescriptors.reduce((acc, {entities}) => acc + entities.length, 0);
     initCallback(nbEntities);
 
-    await this.importHistoryData(fileDescriptors, progressCallback);
+    await this.importHistoryData(archiveVersion, fileDescriptors, progressCallback);
   }
 
   private async createDecryptedBackup(
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ export class BackupRepository {
   }
 
   private async importHistoryData(
+    archiveVersion: number,
     fileDescriptors: FileDescriptor[],
     progressCallback: ProgressCallback,
   ): Promise<void> {
@@ -377,6 +378,9 @@ export class BackupRepository {
       }
     }
 
+    // Run all the database migrations on the imported data
+    await this.backupService.runDbSchemaUpdates(archiveVersion);
+
     await this.conversationRepository.updateConversations(importedConversations);
     await this.conversationRepository.initAllLocal1To1Conversations();
     // doesn't need to be awaited
@@ -474,15 +478,16 @@ export class BackupRepository {
     return omit(entity, 'primary_key');
   }
 
-  private async verifyMetadata(user: User, files: Record<string, Uint8Array>): Promise<void> {
+  private async verifyMetadata(user: User, files: Record<string, Uint8Array>): Promise<number> {
     const rawData = files[Filename.METADATA];
     const metaData = new TextDecoder().decode(rawData);
     const parsedMetaData = JSON.parse(metaData);
-    this._verifyMetadata(user, parsedMetaData);
+    const archiveVersion = this._verifyMetadata(user, parsedMetaData);
     this.logger.log('Validated metadata during history import', files);
+    return archiveVersion;
   }
 
-  private _verifyMetadata(user: User, archiveMetadata: Metadata): void {
+  private _verifyMetadata(user: User, archiveMetadata: Metadata): number {
     const localMetadata = this.createMetaData(user, '');
     const isExpectedUserId = archiveMetadata.user_id === localMetadata.user_id;
     if (!isExpectedUserId) {
@@ -498,18 +503,7 @@ export class BackupRepository {
       throw new IncompatiblePlatformError(message);
     }
 
-    const lowestDbVersion = Math.min(archiveMetadata.version, localMetadata.version);
-    const involvesDatabaseMigration = StorageSchemata.SCHEMATA.reduce((involvesMigration, schemaData) => {
-      if (schemaData.version > lowestDbVersion) {
-        return involvesMigration || !!schemaData.upgrade;
-      }
-      return involvesMigration;
-    }, false);
-
-    if (involvesDatabaseMigration) {
-      const message = 'History cannot be restored: Database version mismatch';
-      throw new IncompatibleBackupError(message);
-    }
+    return archiveMetadata.version;
   }
 
   private mapDecodingError(decodingError: string) {
diff --git a/src/script/backup/BackupService.ts b/src/script/backup/BackupService.ts
index fc180deb4b7..1c8e31f8603 100644
--- a/src/script/backup/BackupService.ts
+++ b/src/script/backup/BackupService.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ export class BackupService {
     ] as const;
   }
 
+  async runDbSchemaUpdates(archiveVersion: number): Promise<void> {
+    const {db} = this.storageService;
+    if (!db) {
+      this.logger.warn('Database schema will not run because the database is not initialized');
+      return;
+    }
+    return db.runDbSchemaUpdates(archiveVersion);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Will import all entities in the Database.
    * If a primaryKey generator is given, it will only import the entities that are not already in the DB
diff --git a/src/script/storage/DexieDatabase.ts b/src/script/storage/DexieDatabase.ts
index 213f603bfc6..d04e1425995 100644
--- a/src/script/storage/DexieDatabase.ts
+++ b/src/script/storage/DexieDatabase.ts
@@ -49,15 +49,7 @@ export class DexieDatabase extends Dexie {
     super(dbName);
     this.logger = getLogger(`Dexie (${dbName})`);
 
-    StorageSchemata.SCHEMATA.forEach(({schema, upgrade, version}) => {
-      const versionInstance = this.version(version).stores(schema);
-      if (upgrade) {
-        versionInstance.upgrade((transaction: Transaction) => {
-          this.logger.warn(`Database upgrade to version '${version}'`);
-          upgrade(transaction, this);
-        });
-      }
-    });
+    void this.initDbSchema();
 
     this.amplify = this.table(StorageSchemata.OBJECT_STORE.AMPLIFY);
     this.clients = this.table(StorageSchemata.OBJECT_STORE.CLIENTS);
@@ -70,4 +62,28 @@ export class DexieDatabase extends Dexie {
     this.users = this.table(StorageSchemata.OBJECT_STORE.USERS);
     this.groupIds = this.table(StorageSchemata.OBJECT_STORE.GROUP_IDS);
   }
+
+  private readonly initDbSchema = async (): Promise<void> => {
+    StorageSchemata.SCHEMATA.forEach(({schema, upgrade, version}) => {
+      const versionInstance = this.version(version).stores(schema);
+      if (upgrade) {
+        versionInstance.upgrade((transaction: Transaction) => {
+          this.logger.warn(`Database upgrade to version '${version}'`);
+          upgrade(transaction, this);
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
+  public readonly runDbSchemaUpdates = async (archiveVersion: number): Promise<void> => {
+    for (const {upgrade, version} of StorageSchemata.SCHEMATA) {
+      // If the archive version is greater than the current version, run the upgrade
+      if (upgrade && version > archiveVersion) {
+        await this.transaction('rw', this.tables, transaction => {
+          this.logger.info(`Running DB schema update for version '${version}'`);
+          upgrade(transaction, this);
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  };
 }