diff --git a/app/models/server/models/apps-persistence-model.js b/app/models/server/models/apps-persistence-model.js
index da178a390c327..dd01197abbc94 100644
--- a/app/models/server/models/apps-persistence-model.js
+++ b/app/models/server/models/apps-persistence-model.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export class AppsPersistenceModel extends Base {
 	constructor() {
 		super('apps_persistence');
 
-		this.tryEnsureIndex({ appId: 1 });
+		this.tryEnsureIndex({ appId: 1, associations: 1 });
 	}
 
 	// Bypass trash collection
diff --git a/server/startup/migrations/index.ts b/server/startup/migrations/index.ts
index 319024966076c..7b7ccf8282baa 100644
--- a/server/startup/migrations/index.ts
+++ b/server/startup/migrations/index.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,5 @@ import './v244';
 import './v245';
 import './v246';
 import './v247';
+import './v248';
 import './xrun';
diff --git a/server/startup/migrations/v248.ts b/server/startup/migrations/v248.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d8670ecd540c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/startup/migrations/v248.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { addMigration } from '../../lib/migrations';
+import { Apps } from '../../../app/apps/server/orchestrator';
+
+addMigration({
+	version: 248,
+	up() {
+		// we now have a compound index on appId + associations
+		// so we can use the index prefix instead of a separate index on appId
+		Apps.initialize();
+		return Apps._persistModel?.tryDropIndex({ appId: 1 });
+	},
+});