diff --git a/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.yml b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.yml
index 5503e9580074f083bddcea49ba27918c9e97022b..cc37f47c428632e90d3e51080045cfb4ddb2f990 100644
--- a/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.yml
+++ b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ Odescription: |
   that could have been created with project import.
 feature_category: security_policy_management
 introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/127212
-queued_migration_version: 20230721095222
+queued_migration_version: 20230721095223
 milestone: '16.5'
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2.rb b/db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ee43d805ac41537cc957ff0871972977d3f15767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class DeleteOrphansApprovalProjectRules2 < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
+  restrict_gitlab_migration gitlab_schema: :gitlab_main
+
+  PROJECT_MIGRATION = 'DeleteOrphansApprovalProjectRules2'
+  INTERVAL = 2.minutes
+
+  def up
+    queue_batched_background_migration(
+      PROJECT_MIGRATION,
+      :approval_project_rules,
+      :id,
+      job_interval: INTERVAL,
+      batch_size: 500,
+      sub_batch_size: 100
+    )
+  end
+
+  def down
+    delete_batched_background_migration(PROJECT_MIGRATION, :approval_project_rules, :id, [])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2.rb b/db/post_migrate/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.rb
similarity index 54%
rename from db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2.rb
rename to db/post_migrate/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.rb
index cc8c0affdead89a26a29d6f9c4901758ce32d018..c9e2112067a5041a5f48e27ec6682f4f64964d55 100644
--- a/db/post_migrate/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2.rb
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2.rb
@@ -1,22 +1,12 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-class DeleteOrphansScanFindingLicenseScanningApprovalRules2 < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
+class DeleteOrphansApprovalMergeRequestRules2 < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.1]
   restrict_gitlab_migration gitlab_schema: :gitlab_main
 
   MERGE_REQUEST_MIGRATION = 'DeleteOrphansApprovalMergeRequestRules2'
-  PROJECT_MIGRATION = 'DeleteOrphansApprovalProjectRules2'
   INTERVAL = 2.minutes
 
   def up
-    queue_batched_background_migration(
-      PROJECT_MIGRATION,
-      :approval_project_rules,
-      :id,
-      job_interval: INTERVAL,
-      batch_size: 500,
-      sub_batch_size: 100
-    )
-
     queue_batched_background_migration(
       MERGE_REQUEST_MIGRATION,
       :approval_merge_request_rules,
@@ -28,7 +18,6 @@ def up
   end
 
   def down
-    delete_batched_background_migration(PROJECT_MIGRATION, :approval_project_rules, :id, [])
     delete_batched_background_migration(MERGE_REQUEST_MIGRATION, :approval_merge_request_rules, :id, [])
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20230721095223 b/db/schema_migrations/20230721095223
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fcaf2047ced4c3e070f37f47976157568336cc83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20230721095223
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cc90683b1e4cf2f23917058f4f8537d4b91bcace568016c6f57adae5845ce68c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c3d6f7b3628e80ff8204d6f086079334d337628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_approval_project_rules2_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require_migration!
+
+RSpec.describe DeleteOrphansApprovalProjectRules2, feature_category: :security_policy_management do
+  describe '#up' do
+    it 'schedules background migration for project approval rules' do
+      migrate!
+
+      expect(described_class::PROJECT_MIGRATION).to have_scheduled_batched_migration(
+        table_name: :approval_project_rules,
+        column_name: :id,
+        interval: described_class::INTERVAL)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 2baf0975c5c26afa5c291bb9092fe13546986ee7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/spec/migrations/20230721095222_delete_orphans_scan_finding_license_scanning_approval_rules2_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# frozen_string_literal: true
-
-require 'spec_helper'
-require_migration!
-
-RSpec.describe DeleteOrphansScanFindingLicenseScanningApprovalRules2, feature_category: :security_policy_management do
-  describe '#up' do
-    it 'schedules background migration for both levels of approval rules' do
-      migrate!
-
-      expect(described_class::MERGE_REQUEST_MIGRATION).to have_scheduled_batched_migration(
-        table_name: :approval_merge_request_rules,
-        column_name: :id,
-        interval: described_class::INTERVAL)
-
-      expect(described_class::PROJECT_MIGRATION).to have_scheduled_batched_migration(
-        table_name: :approval_project_rules,
-        column_name: :id,
-        interval: described_class::INTERVAL)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/migrations/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2_spec.rb b/spec/migrations/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..caefb94e0cbbef8cccacc74bba9d38c6d56c793e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/migrations/20230721095223_delete_orphans_approval_merge_request_rules2_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+require_migration!
+
+RSpec.describe DeleteOrphansApprovalMergeRequestRules2, feature_category: :security_policy_management do
+  describe '#up' do
+    it 'schedules background migration for merge request approval rules' do
+      migrate!
+
+      expect(described_class::MERGE_REQUEST_MIGRATION).to have_scheduled_batched_migration(
+        table_name: :approval_merge_request_rules,
+        column_name: :id,
+        interval: described_class::INTERVAL)
+    end
+  end
+end