diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
index 46c2fec039..8e600654fa 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/bodhi.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@
     command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/bodhi/alembic.ini upgrade head
     args:
       chdir: /usr/share/bodhi/
-    when: inventory_hostname.startswith(('bodhi-backend01.phx2', 'bodhi-backend01.stg.phx2'))
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith(('bodhi-backend01.phx2',))
+
+  - name: Upgrade the database
+    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /etc/bodhi/alembic.ini upgrade head
+    args:
+      chdir: /usr/share/bodhi/
+    when: inventory_hostname.startswith(('bodhi-backend01.stg.phx2',))
 
   - name: And... start the backend again
     service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=started