diff --git a/db/migration/1726588731621-MigrateOutdatedConfigsToLatestVersion.ts b/db/migration/1726588731621-MigrateOutdatedConfigsToLatestVersion.ts
index a104f1d2872..5df7228815c 100644
--- a/db/migration/1726588731621-MigrateOutdatedConfigsToLatestVersion.ts
+++ b/db/migration/1726588731621-MigrateOutdatedConfigsToLatestVersion.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,47 @@
+import { migrateGrapherConfigToLatestVersion } from "@ourworldindata/grapher"
+import { GrapherInterface } from "@ourworldindata/types"
 import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm"
 
 export class MigrateOutdatedConfigsToLatestVersion1726588731621
     implements MigrationInterface
 {
+    private migrateConfig(config: Record<string, any>): GrapherInterface {
+        try {
+            return migrateGrapherConfigToLatestVersion(config)
+        } catch {
+            // if the migration function throws, then the $schema field
+            // is either missing or invalid. when that happens, we assume
+            // a schema v1, and try again
+            config.$schema =
+                "https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.001.json"
+            return migrateGrapherConfigToLatestVersion(config)
+        }
+    }
+
     public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
-        // we have v3 configs in the database; turn these into v5 configs
-        // by removing the `data` and `hideLinesOutsideTolerance` properties
-        await queryRunner.query(
+        const outdatedConfigs = await queryRunner.query(
             `-- sql
-              UPDATE chart_configs
-              SET
-                  patch = JSON_SET(
-                      JSON_REMOVE(patch, '$.data', '$.hideLinesOutsideTolerance'),
-                      '$.$schema',
-                      'https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.005.json'
-                  ),
-                  full = JSON_SET(
-                      JSON_REMOVE(full, '$.data', '$.hideLinesOutsideTolerance'),
-                      '$.$schema',
-                      'https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.005.json'
-                  )
-              WHERE patch ->> '$.$schema' = 'https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.003.json'
+                SELECT id, patch, full
+                FROM chart_configs
+                WHERE
+                    patch ->> '$.$schema' != 'https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.005.json'
+                    OR full ->> '$.$schema' != 'https://files.ourworldindata.org/schemas/grapher-schema.005.json'
             `
         )
+
+        for (const { id, patch, full } of outdatedConfigs) {
+            const updatedPatch = this.migrateConfig(JSON.parse(patch))
+            const updatedFull = this.migrateConfig(JSON.parse(full))
+
+            await queryRunner.query(
+                `-- sql
+                    UPDATE chart_configs
+                    SET patch = ?, full = ?
+                    WHERE id = ?
+                `,
+                [JSON.stringify(updatedPatch), JSON.stringify(updatedFull), id]
+            )
+        }
     }
 
     public async down(): Promise<void> {