diff --git a/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.sql b/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 99f2594b5..000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ALTER TABLE ACCOUNT ADD COLUMN GROUP_DESCRIPTION TEXT;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.xml b/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a376df584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/update/gitbucket-core_4.9.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<changeSet>
+    <addColumn tableName="ACCOUNT">
+        <column name="GROUP_DESCRIPTION" type="text" nullable="true" />
+    </addColumn>
+</changeSet>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModule.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModule.scala
index 55d66804e..66b35aab5 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModule.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModule.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ object GitBucketCoreModule extends Module("gitbucket-core",
   new Version("4.7.1"),
   new Version("4.8"),
   new Version("4.9",
-    new SqlMigration("update/gitbucket-core_4.9.sql")
+    new LiquibaseMigration("update/gitbucket-core_4.9.xml")
   )
 )