diff --git a/crates/buzz-db/src/runtime/migration.rs b/crates/buzz-db/src/runtime/migration.rs
index d859dff40e..c7b888d2a3 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-db/src/runtime/migration.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-db/src/runtime/migration.rs
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ mod postgres_tests {
         let mut migrations: Vec<_> = MIGRATOR.iter().collect();
         migrations.sort_by_key(|migration| migration.version);
 
-        assert_eq!(migrations.len(), 44);
+        assert_eq!(migrations.len(), 45);
         assert_eq!(migrations[0].version, 1);
         assert_eq!(&*migrations[0].description, "initial schema");
         assert!(migrations[0]
@@ -1264,9 +1264,9 @@ mod postgres_tests {
 
         // The consolidated desired-state exclusion function must byte-match the
         // most recent CREATE OR REPLACE in the migration sequence.  Migration
-        // 0042 defines the initial NIP-FI exclusion list; migration 0043
+        // 0042 defines the initial NIP-FI exclusion list; migration 0044
         // extends it with `nip_fi_proof_replay_claims`.  schema.sql must
-        // therefore match 0043's definition, not 0042's.
+        // therefore match 0044's definition, not 0042's.
         fn extract_excluded_table_array(sql: &str) -> &str {
             let anchor = "community_write_fence_excluded_table(target NAME) RETURNS BOOLEAN";
             let start = sql.find(anchor).expect("exclusion function definition");
@@ -1280,27 +1280,27 @@ mod postgres_tests {
 
         // NIP-FI proof replay claims (migration 0043): idempotency ledger for
         // admission proofs.  Never fence-attached (immutable ledger relation).
-        // 0043 also issues a CREATE OR REPLACE for community_write_fence_excluded_table
+        // 0044 also issues a CREATE OR REPLACE for community_write_fence_excluded_table
         // to add 'nip_fi_proof_replay_claims'; that extended definition is the
         // one schema.sql must track.
-        assert_eq!(migrations[42].version, 43);
+        assert_eq!(migrations[43].version, 44);
         let replay_claims = migrations[42].sql.as_str();
         assert!(replay_claims.contains("CREATE TABLE nip_fi_proof_replay_claims"));
         assert!(
             replay_claims
                 .contains("CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION community_write_fence_excluded_table"),
-            "migration 0043 must update the exclusion function"
+            "migration 0044 must update the exclusion function"
         );
         assert_eq!(
             extract_excluded_table_array(replay_claims),
             extract_excluded_table_array(desired_schema),
-            "schema.sql exclusion list drifted from migration 0043"
+            "schema.sql exclusion list drifted from migration 0044"
         );
 
         // Brownfield relay databases created through SQLx still carry the
         // production/sandbox constraint from 0015. Converge them to the same
         // dogfood-only authority declared by the desired-state schema.
-        assert_eq!(migrations[42].version, 43);
+        assert_eq!(migrations[43].version, 44);
         let dogfood_profile = migrations[42].sql.as_str();
         assert!(dogfood_profile.contains("DELETE FROM push_gateway_delegations"));
         assert!(dogfood_profile.contains("DELETE FROM push_gateway_installations"));
diff --git a/crates/buzz-relay/src/nip_fi/admission.rs b/crates/buzz-relay/src/nip_fi/admission.rs
index 2ce350bb99..c0516a4d5a 100644
--- a/crates/buzz-relay/src/nip_fi/admission.rs
+++ b/crates/buzz-relay/src/nip_fi/admission.rs
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ async fn commit_admission_body(
     //     determine if it is the same connection (same-conn reuse, allowed)
     //     or a different connection (cross-conn replay, ProofReplayed).
     //
-    // The appended-only immutability trigger from migration 0043 holds:
+    // The appended-only immutability trigger from migration 0044 holds:
     // once committed, connection_id cannot change.
     {
         let retained_until = upstream_deadline;
diff --git a/migrations/0043_nip_fi_proof_replay_claims.sql b/migrations/0044_nip_fi_proof_replay_claims.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from migrations/0043_nip_fi_proof_replay_claims.sql
rename to migrations/0044_nip_fi_proof_replay_claims.sql
diff --git a/migrations/0044_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql b/migrations/0045_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql
similarity index 94%
rename from migrations/0044_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql
rename to migrations/0045_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql
index d2a5792544..4ee823ced9 100644
--- a/migrations/0044_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql
+++ b/migrations/0045_nip_fi_proof_claim_owner.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 --
 -- A claim is inserted only during final admission (never at AUTH), after
 -- all other authority mutations succeed.  The append-only immutability
--- trigger from migration 0043 continues to hold: once a row is committed,
+-- trigger from migration 0044 continues to hold: once a row is committed,
 -- connection_id cannot be changed.
 --
 -- This column enables the amended Design C ownership protocol:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 --   3. Different conn_id → ProofReplayed (cross-connection reuse)
 --   4. No row → proceed; INSERT this row at step 9 of commit_admission_body
 
--- Existing 0043-shape rows (if any) receive a synthetic owner UUID matching no
+-- Existing 0044-shape rows (if any) receive a synthetic owner UUID matching no
 -- live connection.  This is deliberate fail-closed: replays of pre-0044 legacy
 -- proofs from any connection are rejected as cross-connection reuse (the stored
 -- sentinel never matches a live conn_id), preventing any legacy claim from being