diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/TechInsightsDatabase.test.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/TechInsightsDatabase.test.ts
index e7e8819c66..3cf6d08c65 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/TechInsightsDatabase.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/TechInsightsDatabase.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 import { DateTime, Duration } from 'luxon';
 import { TechInsightsStore } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
-import { Knex } from 'knex';
+import { Knex as KnexType, Knex } from 'knex';
 import { TestDatabases } from '@backstage/backend-test-utils';
 import { getVoidLogger } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { initializePersistenceContext } from './persistenceContext';
@@ -165,15 +165,28 @@ const multipleSameFacts = [
   },
 ];
 
+function createDatabaseManager(
+  client: KnexType,
+  skipMigrations: boolean = false,
+) {
+  return {
+    getClient: async () => client,
+    migrations: {
+      skip: skipMigrations,
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe('Tech Insights database', () => {
   const databases = TestDatabases.create();
   let store: TechInsightsStore;
   let testDbClient: Knex<any, unknown[]>;
   beforeAll(async () => {
     testDbClient = await databases.init('SQLITE_3');
+    const database = createDatabaseManager(testDbClient);
 
     store = (
-      await initializePersistenceContext(testDbClient, {
+      await initializePersistenceContext(database, {
         logger: getVoidLogger(),
       })
     ).techInsightsStore;
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/persistenceContext.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/persistenceContext.ts
index b0fb65349f..575ee67bdf 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/persistenceContext.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/persistence/persistenceContext.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-import { getVoidLogger, resolvePackagePath } from '@backstage/backend-common';
-import { Knex } from 'knex';
+import {
+  getVoidLogger,
+  PluginDatabaseManager,
+  resolvePackagePath,
+} from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { TechInsightsDatabase } from './TechInsightsDatabase';
 import { TechInsightsStore } from '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-node';
@@ -47,13 +50,18 @@ const defaultOptions: CreateDatabaseOptions = {
  * @public
  */
 export const initializePersistenceContext = async (
-  knex: Knex,
+  database: PluginDatabaseManager,
   options: CreateDatabaseOptions = defaultOptions,
 ): Promise<PersistenceContext> => {
-  await knex.migrate.latest({
-    directory: migrationsDir,
-  });
+  const client = await database.getClient();
+
+  if (!database.migrations?.skip) {
+    await client.migrate.latest({
+      directory: migrationsDir,
+    });
+  }
+
   return {
-    techInsightsStore: new TechInsightsDatabase(knex, options.logger),
+    techInsightsStore: new TechInsightsDatabase(client, options.logger),
   };
 };
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/techInsightsContextBuilder.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/techInsightsContextBuilder.ts
index 008acf192d..9c54036020 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/techInsightsContextBuilder.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/techInsightsContextBuilder.ts
@@ -135,10 +135,9 @@ export const buildTechInsightsContext = async <
 
   const factRetrieverRegistry = buildFactRetrieverRegistry();
 
-  const persistenceContext = await initializePersistenceContext(
-    await database.getClient(),
-    { logger },
-  );
+  const persistenceContext = await initializePersistenceContext(database, {
+    logger,
+  });
 
   const factRetrieverEngine = await FactRetrieverEngine.create({
     scheduler,