diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
index 01647f7fb..194ba39fd 100644
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/contributions.cql
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ MATCH (c:Category {id: categoryId})
 MERGE (p)-[:CATEGORIZED]->(c)
 WITH p, post.tags AS tags
 UNWIND tags AS tag
-MERGE (t:Tag {id: apoc.create.uuid(), name: tag})
+MERGE (t:Tag {id: tag, name: tag})
 MERGE (p)-[:TAGGED]->(t)
 ;