diff --git a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
index c6fcd3f2bc..8487feb46e 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/upgrade/fmn.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     service: name="fedmsg-hub" state=stopped
 
   - name: Upgrade the database
-    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade +1
+    command: /usr/bin/alembic -c /usr/share/fmn.lib/alembic.ini upgrade head
     args:
       chdir: /usr/share/fmn.lib/