diff --git a/edx_exams/apps/core/migrations/0019_auto_20230927_1552.py b/edx_exams/apps/core/migrations/0019_auto_20230927_1552.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59da9074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/edx_exams/apps/core/migrations/0019_auto_20230927_1552.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.21 on 2023-09-27 15:52
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('core', '0018_staff_roles'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='historicalexam',
+            options={'get_latest_by': ('history_date', 'history_id'), 'ordering': ('-history_date', '-history_id'), 'verbose_name': 'historical exam', 'verbose_name_plural': 'historical exams'},
+        ),
+        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
+            name='historicalexamattempt',
+            options={'get_latest_by': ('history_date', 'history_id'), 'ordering': ('-history_date', '-history_id'), 'verbose_name': 'historical exam attempt', 'verbose_name_plural': 'historical exam attempts'},
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/edx_exams/settings/base.py b/edx_exams/settings/base.py
index 91d93a7c..3c8b5217 100644
--- a/edx_exams/settings/base.py
+++ b/edx_exams/settings/base.py
@@ -275,3 +275,6 @@ def root(*path_fragments):
 LEARNING_MICROFRONTEND_URL = None
 
 EXAMS_DASHBOARD_MFE_URL = None
+
+# disable indexing on history_date
+SIMPLE_HISTORY_DATE_INDEX = False