diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/NextCatalogBuilder.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
index c9ebc8f723..d85fd741a5 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/NextCatalogBuilder.ts
@@ -336,7 +336,10 @@ export class NextCatalogBuilder {
     const parser = this.parser || defaultEntityDataParser;
 
     const dbClient = await database.getClient();
-    await applyDatabaseMigrations(dbClient);
+    if (database.runMigrations) {
+      logger.info('Performing database migration');
+      await applyDatabaseMigrations(dbClient);
+    }
 
     const db = new CommonDatabase(dbClient, logger);