diff --git a/app/server/core/constants.ts b/app/server/core/constants.ts
index e0134cb1..003b8a39 100644
--- a/app/server/core/constants.ts
+++ b/app/server/core/constants.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ export const RESTIC_PASS_FILE = "/var/lib/zerobyte/data/restic.pass";
 
 export const DEFAULT_EXCLUDES = [DATABASE_URL, RESTIC_PASS_FILE, REPOSITORY_BASE];
 
-export const REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS = ["v0.21.0"];
+export const REQUIRED_MIGRATIONS = []; // ["v0.21.1"] add this once re-tagging migration is removed
diff --git a/app/server/modules/lifecycle/migration.ts b/app/server/modules/lifecycle/migration.ts
index 4f740ab8..50fa9e5a 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/lifecycle/migration.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/lifecycle/migration.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { toMessage } from "~/server/utils/errors";
 import { safeSpawn } from "~/server/utils/spawn";
 import { addCommonArgs, buildEnv, buildRepoUrl, cleanupTemporaryKeys } from "~/server/utils/restic";
 
-const MIGRATION_VERSION = "v0.21.0";
+const MIGRATION_VERSION = "v0.21.1";
 
 interface MigrationResult {
 	success: boolean;