diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/index.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/index.ts
index 8542250517..ed71498d44 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/index.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import { populateExternalTableSchemas } from "./validation"
 import * as getters from "./getters"
 import * as updates from "./update"
 import * as utils from "./utils"
+import { migrate } from "./migration"
 
 export default {
   populateExternalTableSchemas,
   ...updates,
   ...getters,
   ...utils,
+  migrate,
 }
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
index cea15114a1..76b824959c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/migration.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ export async function migrate(
   let migrator = getColumnMigrator(table, oldColumn, newColumn)
   let oldTable = cloneDeep(table)
 
-  table = await sdk.tables.addColumn(table, newColumn)
+  table.schema[newColumn.name] = newColumn
+  table = await sdk.tables.saveTable(table)
 
   await migrator.doMigration()
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/update.ts b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/update.ts
index 9bba4a967e..c59f8a8a42 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/update.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/sdk/app/tables/update.ts
@@ -3,21 +3,28 @@ import { isExternalTable } from "../../../integrations/utils"
 import sdk from "../../index"
 import { context } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 import { isExternal } from "./utils"
+import { DocumentInsertResponse } from "@budibase/nano"
 
 import * as external from "./external"
 import * as internal from "./internal"
+import { cloneDeep } from "lodash"
 export * as external from "./external"
 export * as internal from "./internal"
 
-export async function saveTable(table: Table) {
+export async function saveTable(table: Table): Promise<Table> {
   const db = context.getAppDB()
+  let resp: DocumentInsertResponse
   if (isExternalTable(table._id!)) {
     const datasource = await sdk.datasources.get(table.sourceId!)
     datasource.entities![table.name] = table
-    await db.put(datasource)
+    resp = await db.put(datasource)
   } else {
-    await db.put(table)
+    resp = await db.put(table)
   }
+
+  let tableClone = cloneDeep(table)
+  tableClone._rev = resp.rev
+  return tableClone
 }
 
 export async function update(table: Table, renaming?: RenameColumn) {