diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
index 6598f094149..a4c3f03b43d 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/tables.go
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ func addAlertRuleMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator, defaultIntervalSeconds int64)
 			Default:  "false",
 		},
 	))
+
+	// This migration fixes a bug where "false" for the default value created a column with default "true" in PostgreSQL databases
+	mg.AddMigration("fix is_paused column for alert_rule table", migrator.NewRawSQLMigration("").
+		Postgres(`ALTER TABLE alert_rule ALTER COLUMN is_paused SET DEFAULT false;
+UPDATE alert_rule SET is_paused = false;`))
 }
 
 func addAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
@@ -350,6 +355,11 @@ func addAlertRuleVersionMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
 			Default:  "false",
 		},
 	))
+
+	// This migration fixes a bug where "false" for the default value created a column with default "true" in PostgreSQL databases
+	mg.AddMigration("fix is_paused column for alert_rule_version table", migrator.NewRawSQLMigration("").
+		Postgres(`ALTER TABLE alert_rule_version ALTER COLUMN is_paused SET DEFAULT false;
+UPDATE alert_rule_version SET is_paused = false;`))
 }
 
 func addAlertmanagerConfigMigrations(mg *migrator.Migrator) {