diff --git a/db/migrate/20241015090951_add_team_to_batches.rb b/db/migrate/20241015090951_add_team_to_batches.rb
index b432aa89e..9edff33ed 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20241015090951_add_team_to_batches.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20241015090951_add_team_to_batches.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class AddTeamToBatches < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.2]
   def up
     add_reference :batches, :team, foreign_key: true
-    Batch.update_all(team_id: Team.first.id)
+    Batch.update_all(team_id: Team.first.id) if Team.any?
     change_column_null :batches, :team_id, false
     add_index :batches, %i[team_id name expiry vaccine_id], unique: true
   end