diff --git a/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.yml b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.yml
index 3fc00fc48f2c3f424f9584f1d8721bf403c0ce0f..092848928111336e39a56fbd13e7f409d65f508d 100644
--- a/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.yml
+++ b/db/docs/batched_background_migrations/backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/164465
 milestone: '17.4'
 queued_migration_version: 20240830093237
 finalize_after: '2024-09-22'
-finalized_by: # version of the migration that finalized this BBM
+finalized_by: '20250227231923'
diff --git a/db/post_migrate/20250227231923_finalize_hk_backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.rb b/db/post_migrate/20250227231923_finalize_hk_backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c63fce6dc820d01af604f1b75045202269c3887d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/post_migrate/20250227231923_finalize_hk_backfill_ml_candidate_metrics_project_id.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class FinalizeHkBackfillMlCandidateMetricsProjectId < Gitlab::Database::Migration[2.2]
+  milestone '17.10'
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  restrict_gitlab_migration gitlab_schema: :gitlab_main_cell
+
+  def up
+    ensure_batched_background_migration_is_finished(
+      job_class_name: 'BackfillMlCandidateMetricsProjectId',
+      table_name: :ml_candidate_metrics,
+      column_name: :id,
+      job_arguments: [:project_id, :ml_candidates, :project_id, :candidate_id],
+      finalize: true
+    )
+  end
+
+  def down; end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema_migrations/20250227231923 b/db/schema_migrations/20250227231923
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..65419842c2561f1e203add943770056fade56824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/schema_migrations/20250227231923
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c46925afb8d17e17b664b13ca621d794760fca62e6bafcaa005f45a0fc12ca69
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