diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/models/Base.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/models/Base.ts
index 2846b3b7b4..92f04e4d18 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/models/Base.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/models/Base.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export default class Base implements BaseType {
     base: BaseType & {
       id: string;
       projectId: string;
+      skipReorder?: boolean;
     },
     ncMeta = Noco.ncMeta,
   ) {
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ export default class Base implements BaseType {
     // call before reorder to update cache
     const returnBase = await this.get(oldBase.id, ncMeta);
 
-    await this.reorderBases(base.projectId, returnBase.id, ncMeta);
+    if (!base.skipReorder)
+      await this.reorderBases(base.projectId, returnBase.id, ncMeta);
 
     return returnBase;
   }
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncProjectConfigUpgrader.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncProjectConfigUpgrader.ts
index 875672a272..c4c3855018 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncProjectConfigUpgrader.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/version-upgrader/ncProjectConfigUpgrader.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default async function ({ ncMeta }: NcUpgraderCtx) {
           id: base.id,
           projectId: base.project_id,
           config,
+          skipReorder: true,
         },
         ncMeta,
       ),