diff --git a/.woodpecker/.ci.yml b/.woodpecker/.ci.yml
index 69f69d83..659124ba 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/.ci.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/.ci.yml
@@ -138,25 +138,7 @@ steps:
       event: push
 
   # ===========================================
-  # STAGE 3: Run Migrations (before deploy)
-  # ===========================================
-  run-migrations:
-    image: node:20
-    environment:
-      DATABASE_URL:
-        from_secret: database_url
-    commands:
-      - cd backend
-      - npm ci --prefer-offline
-      - npx tsx src/db/run-migrations.ts
-    depends_on:
-      - docker-backend
-    when:
-      branch: master
-      event: push
-
-  # ===========================================
-  # STAGE 4: Deploy (after migrations)
+  # STAGE 3: Deploy (after Docker builds)
   # ===========================================
   deploy:
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
@@ -174,8 +156,10 @@ steps:
       - kubectl set image deployment/findagram-frontend findagram-frontend=code.cannabrands.app/creationshop/findagram-frontend:${CI_COMMIT_SHA:0:8} -n dispensary-scraper
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/scraper -n dispensary-scraper --timeout=300s
       - kubectl rollout status deployment/cannaiq-frontend -n dispensary-scraper --timeout=120s
+      # Run migrations inside the cluster after deploy
+      - kubectl exec deployment/scraper -n dispensary-scraper -- npx tsx src/db/run-migrations.ts
     depends_on:
-      - run-migrations
+      - docker-backend
       - docker-cannaiq
       - docker-findadispo
       - docker-findagram