diff --git a/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md b/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
index 8562ef617c..1a2015f1fa 100644
--- a/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/backend/canisters/community/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Check bot + user permissions when issuing JWT ([#6970](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/pull/6970))
 - Reduce size of search index when serialized ([#6973](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/pull/6973))
 - Copy members from stable memory when importing group into community ([#6976](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/pull/6976))
+- Re-run member migration to stable member using reduced size format V2 ([#6977](https://github.com/open-chat-labs/open-chat/pull/6977))
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lib.rs b/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lib.rs
index 265021e6db..978fff0c69 100644
--- a/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/backend/canisters/community/impl/src/lib.rs
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ struct Data {
     user_event_sync_queue: GroupedTimerJobQueue<UserEventBatch>,
     #[serde(default)]
     stable_memory_keys_to_garbage_collect: Vec<KeyPrefix>,
-    #[serde(default)]
+    #[serde(skip_deserializing)]
     members_migrated_to_stable_memory: bool,
     #[serde(default)]
     bot_permissions: BTreeMap<UserId, SlashCommandPermissions>,