diff --git a/db/migrate/20240808134014_add_merge_date_to_merge_requests.rb b/db/migrate/20240808134014_add_merge_date_to_merge_requests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80a2c5650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240808134014_add_merge_date_to_merge_requests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddMergeDateToMergeRequests < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :merge_requests, :merge_date, :datetime
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 50073d2d6..f9a17bd49 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_07_15_082338) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_08_08_134014) do
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
 
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2024_07_15_082338) do
     t.string "new_organisation_address_line2"
     t.string "new_organisation_postcode"
     t.string "new_organisation_telephone_number"
+    t.datetime "merge_date"
   end
 
   create_table "notifications", force: :cascade do |t|