diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/migrations.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/migrations.test.ts
index d939d04ac6..8287ed882d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/migrations.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/migrations.test.ts
@@ -21,17 +21,21 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 const migrationsDir = `${__dirname}/../../migrations`;
 const migrationsFiles = fs.readdirSync(migrationsDir).sort();
 
-async function migrateOnce(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+async function migrateUpOnce(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
   await knex.migrate.up({ directory: migrationsDir });
 }
 
+async function migrateDownOnce(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
+  await knex.migrate.down({ directory: migrationsDir });
+}
+
 async function migrateUntilBefore(knex: Knex, target: string): Promise<void> {
   const index = migrationsFiles.indexOf(target);
   if (index === -1) {
     throw new Error(`Migration ${target} not found`);
   }
   for (let i = 0; i < index; i++) {
-    await migrateOnce(knex);
+    await migrateUpOnce(knex);
   }
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +78,7 @@ describe('migrations', () => {
         ]),
       );
 
-      await knex.migrate.up({ directory: migrationsDir });
+      await migrateUpOnce(knex);
 
       await expect(knex('search')).resolves.toEqual(
         expect.arrayContaining([
@@ -83,6 +87,15 @@ describe('migrations', () => {
         ]),
       );
 
+      await migrateDownOnce(knex);
+
+      await expect(knex('search')).resolves.toEqual(
+        expect.arrayContaining([
+          { entity_id: 'i', key: 'k1', value: 'v1' },
+          { entity_id: 'i', key: 'k2', value: null },
+        ]),
+      );
+
       await knex.destroy();
     },
     60_000,