diff --git a/db/migrate/20181108205842_drop_post_count_from_pools.rb b/db/migrate/20181108205842_drop_post_count_from_pools.rb
index 8e522b0d5..0ddd97890 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20181108205842_drop_post_count_from_pools.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20181108205842_drop_post_count_from_pools.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 class DropPostCountFromPools < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
   def up
-    remove_column :pools, :post_count
+    Pool.without_timeout do
+      remove_column :pools, :post_count
+    end
   end
 
   def down
-    add_column :pools, :post_count, :integer, default: 0, null: false
-    Pool.update_all("post_count = cardinality(post_ids)")
+    Pool.without_timeout do
+      add_column :pools, :post_count, :integer, default: 0, null: false
+      Pool.update_all("post_count = cardinality(post_ids)")
+    end
   end
 end