diff --git a/migrations/message_store/00009_addMetaColumn.up.sql b/migrations/message_store/00009_addMetaColumn.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8fc2e44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/message_store/00009_addMetaColumn.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE message ADD COLUMN meta BLOB;
diff --git a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/migrations.nim b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/migrations.nim
index 89f2aceff..01910ae51 100644
--- a/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/migrations.nim
+++ b/waku/waku_archive/driver/sqlite_driver/migrations.nim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import ../../../common/databases/db_sqlite, ../../../common/databases/common
 logScope:
   topics = "waku archive migration"
 
-const SchemaVersion* = 8 # increase this when there is an update in the database schema
+const SchemaVersion* = 9 # increase this when there is an update in the database schema
 
 template projectRoot(): string =
   currentSourcePath.rsplit(DirSep, 1)[0] / ".." / ".." / ".." / ".."