diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/api-report.md b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/api-report.md
index d1913a535d..33d0f4318c 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/api-report.md
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ export class DatabaseDocumentStore implements DatabaseStore {
   // (undocumented)
   completeInsert(tx: Knex.Transaction, type: string): Promise<void>;
   // (undocumented)
-  static create(knex: Knex): Promise<DatabaseDocumentStore>;
+  static create(
+    database: PluginDatabaseManager,
+  ): Promise<DatabaseDocumentStore>;
   // (undocumented)
   getTransaction(): Promise<Knex.Transaction>;
   // (undocumented)
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
index 9da5ceec0e..cd99a8c4b1 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ export class PgSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
     config: Config;
   }): Promise<PgSearchEngine> {
     return new PgSearchEngine(
-      await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(await options.database.getClient()),
+      await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(options.database),
       options.config,
     );
   }
 
   static async fromConfig(config: Config, options: PgSearchOptions) {
     return new PgSearchEngine(
-      await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(await options.database.getClient()),
+      await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(options.database),
       config,
     );
   }
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
index 355e41352d..59c8d85562 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.test.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+
+import { Knex as KnexType } from 'knex';
 import { TestDatabaseId, TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { PgSearchHighlightOptions } from '../PgSearchEngine';
@@ -30,6 +32,18 @@ const highlightOptions: PgSearchHighlightOptions = {
   fragmentDelimiter: ' ... ',
 };
 
+function createDatabaseManager(
+  client: KnexType,
+  skipMigrations: boolean = false,
+) {
+  return {
+    getClient: async () => client,
+    migrations: {
+      skip: skipMigrations,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe('DatabaseDocumentStore', () => {
   describe('unsupported', () => {
     const databases = TestDatabases.create({
@@ -51,9 +65,10 @@ describe('DatabaseDocumentStore', () => {
       'should fail to create, %p',
       async databaseId => {
         const knex = await databases.init(databaseId);
+        const databaseManager = createDatabaseManager(knex);
 
         await expect(
-          async () => await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(knex),
+          async () => await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(databaseManager),
         ).rejects.toThrow();
       },
       60_000,
@@ -67,7 +82,9 @@ describe('DatabaseDocumentStore', () => {
 
     async function createStore(databaseId: TestDatabaseId) {
       const knex = await databases.init(databaseId);
-      const store = await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(knex);
+      const databaseManager = createDatabaseManager(knex);
+      const store = await DatabaseDocumentStore.create(databaseManager);
+
       return { store, knex };
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
index 8e73c0f16f..4da3cca082 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/database/DatabaseDocumentStore.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { resolvePackagePath } from '@backstage/backend-common';
+import {
+  PluginDatabaseManager,
+  resolvePackagePath,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { IndexableDocument } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import {
@@ -30,7 +33,10 @@ const migrationsDir = resolvePackagePath(
 );
 
 export class DatabaseDocumentStore implements DatabaseStore {
-  static async create(knex: Knex): Promise<DatabaseDocumentStore> {
+  static async create(
+    database: PluginDatabaseManager,
+  ): Promise<DatabaseDocumentStore> {
+    const knex = await database.getClient();
     try {
       const majorVersion = await queryPostgresMajorVersion(knex);
 
@@ -49,9 +55,12 @@ export class DatabaseDocumentStore implements DatabaseStore {
       );
     }
 
-    await knex.migrate.latest({
-      directory: migrationsDir,
-    });
+    if (!database.migrations?.skip) {
+      await knex.migrate.latest({
+        directory: migrationsDir,
+      });
+    }
+
     return new DatabaseDocumentStore(knex);
   }