diff --git a/packages/db/src/migrations/meta/0063_snapshot.json b/packages/db/src/migrations/meta/0063_snapshot.json
index d14f38e490a..8b1ea816e74 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/migrations/meta/0063_snapshot.json
+++ b/packages/db/src/migrations/meta/0063_snapshot.json
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
           "columnsTo": [
             "id"
           ],
-          "onDelete": "no action",
+          "onDelete": "set null",
           "onUpdate": "no action"
         },
         "activity_log_agent_id_agents_id_fk": {
diff --git a/packages/db/src/schema/memory_extraction_jobs.ts b/packages/db/src/schema/memory_extraction_jobs.ts
index 96f22bcecd1..bab209fd593 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/schema/memory_extraction_jobs.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/schema/memory_extraction_jobs.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ export const memoryExtractionJobs = pgTable(
     error: text("error"),
     sourceKind: text("source_kind").$type<MemoryExtractionJobSourceKind>().notNull(),
     sourceRefJson: jsonb("source_ref_json").$type<Record<string, unknown>>(),
-    retryOfJobId: uuid("retry_of_job_id").references((): AnyPgColumn => memoryExtractionJobs.id),
+    retryOfJobId: uuid("retry_of_job_id").references((): AnyPgColumn => memoryExtractionJobs.id, {
+      onDelete: "set null",
+    }),
     attemptNumber: integer("attempt_number").notNull().default(1),
     dispatcherKind: text("dispatcher_kind")
       .$type<MemoryExtractionJobDispatcherKind>()