diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
index a4c3f03b43d..24d77ec2175 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ func addAlertRuleMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator, defaultIntervalSeconds int64)
 			Name:     "is_paused",
 			Type:     migrator.DB_Bool,
 			Nullable: false,
-			Default:  "false",
+			Default:  "0",
 		},
 	))
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func addAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 			Name:     "is_paused",
 			Type:     migrator.DB_Bool,
 			Nullable: false,
-			Default:  "false",
+			Default:  "0",
 		},
 	))