diff --git a/utilities/db-migration/migrations/000020_v20.down.sql b/utilities/db-migration/migrations/000020_v20.down.sql
index 19ccf41ae9..3205d1df8d 100644
--- a/utilities/db-migration/migrations/000020_v20.down.sql
+++ b/utilities/db-migration/migrations/000020_v20.down.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState DROP COLUMN argocd_application_status;
 
-ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN health VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN health VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Unknown';
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN message VARCHAR (1024);
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN revision VARCHAR (1024);
-ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN sync_status VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN sync_status VARCHAR (30) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'Unknown';
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN resources bytea;
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN reconciled_state VARCHAR ( 4096 );
 ALTER TABLE ApplicationState ADD COLUMN operation_state bytea;