diff --git a/supabase/migrations/131_remove_forms_projects.sql b/supabase/migrations/131_remove_forms_projects.sql
index edf4d16..9f81d14 100644
--- a/supabase/migrations/131_remove_forms_projects.sql
+++ b/supabase/migrations/131_remove_forms_projects.sql
@@ -42,7 +42,11 @@ ALTER TABLE coexistence.chatbots          DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS project_id;
 ALTER TABLE coexistence.message_templates DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS project_id;
 ALTER TABLE coexistence.agents            DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS project_id;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS coexistence.projects;
--- automation_folders was renamed to projects by 094; drop a leftover too.
+-- automation_folders was renamed to projects by 094 — unless the boot-time
+-- ensureProjectTables() had already created `projects`, in which case 094 left
+-- both tables and chatbots.folder_id still points at the old one. Drop that
+-- column (unused since 094) first, or the DROP TABLE fails on its foreign key.
+ALTER TABLE coexistence.chatbots DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS folder_id;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS coexistence.automation_folders;
 
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