diff --git a/database/pgx/pgx.go b/database/pgx/pgx.go
index e97f15e9f..4c6507bce 100644
--- a/database/pgx/pgx.go
+++ b/database/pgx/pgx.go
@@ -446,12 +446,12 @@ func runesLastIndex(input []rune, target rune) int {
 }
 
 func (p *Postgres) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
-	tx, err := p.conn.BeginTx(context.Background(), &sql.TxOptions{})
+	tx, err := p.conn.BeginTx(context.Background(), &sql.TxOptions{Isolation: sql.LevelSerializable})
 	if err != nil {
 		return &database.Error{OrigErr: err, Err: "transaction start failed"}
 	}
 
-	query := `TRUNCATE ` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsSchemaName) + `.` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsTableName)
+	query := `DELETE FROM ` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsSchemaName) + `.` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsTableName)
 	if _, err := tx.Exec(query); err != nil {
 		if errRollback := tx.Rollback(); errRollback != nil {
 			err = errors.Join(err, errRollback)
diff --git a/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go b/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
index ef5f05674..55c90aa99 100644
--- a/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
+++ b/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ func runesLastIndex(input []rune, target rune) int {
 }
 
 func (p *Postgres) SetVersion(version int, dirty bool) error {
-	tx, err := p.conn.BeginTx(context.Background(), &sql.TxOptions{})
+	tx, err := p.conn.BeginTx(context.Background(), &sql.TxOptions{Isolation: sql.LevelSerializable})
 	if err != nil {
 		return &database.Error{OrigErr: err, Err: "transaction start failed"}
 	}
 
-	query := `TRUNCATE ` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsSchemaName) + `.` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsTableName)
+	query := `DELETE FROM ` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsSchemaName) + `.` + quoteIdentifier(p.config.migrationsTableName)
 	if _, err := tx.Exec(query); err != nil {
 		if errRollback := tx.Rollback(); errRollback != nil {
 			err = errors.Join(err, errRollback)