diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a8e80eb3c..eecdd78e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fix edge case where MediaProxy truncates media, usually caused when Caddy is serving content for the other Federated instance.
 - Emoji Packs could not be listed when instance was set to `public: false`
 - Fix whole_word always returning false on filter get requests
+- Fix SSL not being started for database migrations in OTP release
 
 ## [Unreleased (patch)]
 
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/migrate.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/migrate.ex
index bc8ed29fb..e903bd171 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/migrate.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/migrate.ex
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Ecto.Migrate do
     load_pleroma()
     {opts, _} = OptionParser.parse!(args, strict: @switches, aliases: @aliases)
 
+    if Application.get_env(:pleroma, Pleroma.Repo)[:ssl] do
+      Application.ensure_all_started(:ssl)
+    end
+
     opts =
       if opts[:to] || opts[:step] || opts[:all],
         do: opts,
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/rollback.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/rollback.ex
index f43bd0b98..3dba952cb 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/rollback.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/ecto/rollback.ex
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Ecto.Rollback do
     load_pleroma()
     {opts, _} = OptionParser.parse!(args, strict: @switches, aliases: @aliases)
 
+    if Application.get_env(:pleroma, Pleroma.Repo)[:ssl] do
+      Application.ensure_all_started(:ssl)
+    end
+
     opts =
       if opts[:to] || opts[:step] || opts[:all],
         do: opts,