diff --git a/backend/src/config/index.ts b/backend/src/config/index.ts
index c9e5ea79f..ee99ef809 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Decimal.set({
 })
 
 const constants = {
-  DB_VERSION: '0054-recalculate_balance_and_decay',
+  DB_VERSION: '0055-consistent_deleted_users',
   DECAY_START_TIME: new Date('2021-05-13 17:46:31-0000'), // GMT+0
   LOG4JS_CONFIG: 'log4js-config.json',
   // default log level on production should be info
diff --git a/database/migrations/0055-consistent_deleted_users.ts b/database/migrations/0055-consistent_deleted_users.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..561e0541a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/migrations/0055-consistent_deleted_users.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* MIGRATION TO soft delete user contacts of soft deleted users */
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+
+export async function upgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {
+  await queryFn(`
+    UPDATE user_contacts LEFT JOIN users ON users.email_id = user_contacts.id
+    SET user_contacts.deleted_at = users.deleted_at
+    WHERE user_contacts.deleted_at IS NULL
+    AND users.deleted_at IS NOT NULL;`)
+}
+
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function */
+/* eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
+export async function downgrade(queryFn: (query: string, values?: any[]) => Promise<Array<any>>) {}