diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_migrations.yml b/.github/workflows/run_migrations.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41ce5415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_migrations.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Run migrations
+on:
+  release:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  run-migrations:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: CI
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+        with:
+          version: 10.0.0
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "23"
+          cache: "pnpm"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Run migrations
+        working-directory: apps/backend
+        env:
+          DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.DATABASE_URL }}
+        run: pnpm exec drizzle-kit migrate
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diff --git a/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts b/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts
index 07d7976e..e1736ada 100644
--- a/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts
+++ b/apps/backend/drizzle.config.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import type { Config } from 'drizzle-kit'
-import { config } from '@/config'
+
+const DATABASE_URL = process.env.DATABASE_URL
+if (!DATABASE_URL) {
+  throw new Error('DATABASE_URL is required for migrations')
+}
 
 export default {
   schema: 'src/db/schema/index.ts',
   out: 'src/db/migrations',
   dialect: 'postgresql',
-  dbCredentials: { url: config.db.DATABASE_URL },
+  dbCredentials: { url: DATABASE_URL },
   schemaFilter: ['auth', 'public'],
   migrations: {
     prefix: 'timestamp',