diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
index 8c93b21822..9f79287a19 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import sonia.scm.plugin.Extension;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermission;
 import sonia.scm.repository.xml.XmlRepositoryDAO;
+import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationEntryStore;
+import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory;
 import sonia.scm.store.StoreConstants;
 import sonia.scm.version.Version;
 
@@ -57,13 +59,24 @@ public class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep implements UpdateStep {
   private final XmlRepositoryDAO repositoryDao;
   private final MigrationStrategyDao migrationStrategyDao;
   private final Injector injector;
+  private final ConfigurationEntryStore<V1Properties> propertyStore;
 
   @Inject
-  public XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep(SCMContextProvider contextProvider, XmlRepositoryDAO repositoryDao, MigrationStrategyDao migrationStrategyDao, Injector injector) {
+  public XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep(
+    SCMContextProvider contextProvider,
+    XmlRepositoryDAO repositoryDao,
+    MigrationStrategyDao migrationStrategyDao,
+    Injector injector,
+    ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory configurationEntryStoreFactory
+  ) {
     this.contextProvider = contextProvider;
     this.repositoryDao = repositoryDao;
     this.migrationStrategyDao = migrationStrategyDao;
     this.injector = injector;
+    this.propertyStore = configurationEntryStoreFactory
+      .withType(V1Properties.class)
+      .withName("repository-properties-v1")
+      .build();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -103,6 +116,7 @@ public class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep implements UpdateStep {
       createPermissions(v1Repository));
     LOG.info("creating new repository {} with id {} from old repository {} in directory {}", repository.getNamespaceAndName(), repository.getId(), v1Repository.name, destination);
     repositoryDao.add(repository, destination);
+    propertyStore.put(v1Repository.id, v1Repository.properties);
   }
 
   private Path handleDataDirectory(V1Repository v1Repository) {
@@ -170,10 +184,22 @@ public class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep implements UpdateStep {
     private String type;
   }
 
+  @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+  private static class V1Property {
+    private String key;
+    private String value;
+  }
+
+  @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+  @XmlRootElement(name = "properties")
+  private static class V1Properties {
+    @XmlElement(name = "item")
+    private List<V1Property> properties;
+  }
+
   @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
   @XmlRootElement(name = "repositories")
   private static class V1Repository {
-    private Map<String, String> properties;
     private String contact;
     private long creationDate;
     private Long lastModified;
@@ -184,11 +210,11 @@ public class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep implements UpdateStep {
     private boolean archived;
     private String type;
     private List<V1Permission> permissions;
+    private V1Properties properties;
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
       return "V1Repository{" +
-        "properties=" + properties +
         ", contact='" + contact + '\'' +
         ", creationDate=" + creationDate +
         ", lastModified=" + lastModified +
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest.java b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest.java
index b7ad55a889..8c0f4bb103 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/update/XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import sonia.scm.SCMContextProvider;
 import sonia.scm.repository.Repository;
 import sonia.scm.repository.RepositoryPermission;
 import sonia.scm.repository.xml.XmlRepositoryDAO;
+import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationEntryStore;
+import sonia.scm.store.ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory;
+import sonia.scm.store.InMemoryConfigurationEntryStore;
+import sonia.scm.store.InMemoryConfigurationEntryStoreFactory;
 
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -29,7 +33,6 @@ import static java.util.Optional.of;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.lenient;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -48,15 +51,16 @@ class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest {
   SCMContextProvider contextProvider;
   @Mock
   XmlRepositoryDAO repositoryDAO;
-  @Mock()
+  @Mock
   MigrationStrategyDao migrationStrategyDao;
 
+  ConfigurationEntryStoreFactory configurationEntryStoreFactory = new InMemoryConfigurationEntryStoreFactory(new InMemoryConfigurationEntryStore());
+
   @Captor
   ArgumentCaptor<Repository> storeCaptor;
   @Captor
   ArgumentCaptor<Path> locationCaptor;
 
-  @InjectMocks
   XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep updateStep;
 
   @BeforeEach
@@ -64,6 +68,17 @@ class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest {
     when(contextProvider.getBaseDirectory()).thenReturn(tempDir.toFile());
   }
 
+  @BeforeEach
+  void createUpdateStepFromMocks() {
+    updateStep = new XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStep(
+      contextProvider,
+      repositoryDAO,
+      migrationStrategyDao,
+      injectorMock,
+      configurationEntryStoreFactory
+    );
+  }
+
   @Nested
   class WithExistingDatabase {
 
@@ -154,6 +169,15 @@ class XmlRepositoryV1UpdateStepTest {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldExtractPropertiesFromRepositories() throws JAXBException {
+      updateStep.doUpdate();
+
+      ConfigurationEntryStore<Object> store = configurationEntryStoreFactory.withType(null).withName("").build();
+      assertThat(store.getAll())
+        .hasSize(3);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void shouldUseDirectoryFromStrategy(@TempDirectory.TempDir Path tempDir) throws JAXBException {
       Path targetDir = tempDir.resolve("someDir");
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/test/resources/sonia/scm/repository/update/scm-home.v1.zip b/scm-webapp/src/test/resources/sonia/scm/repository/update/scm-home.v1.zip
index 5d936db5e2..0d43f2f4d6 100644
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