diff --git a/lib/tasks/migrate_milestones_and_statuses.rake b/lib/tasks/migrate_milestones_and_statuses.rake
index 789e3d57e..d01418e6b 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/migrate_milestones_and_statuses.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/migrate_milestones_and_statuses.rake
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ namespace :milestones do
         "budget_investment_statuses"               => "milestone_statuses",
         "budget_investment_milestone_translations" => "milestone_translations"
       }.each do |original_table, migrated_table|
+        ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(
+          "select setval('#{migrated_table}_id_seq', (select max(id) from #{migrated_table}));"
+        )
+
         unless count_rows(original_table) == count_rows(migrated_table)
           raise "Number of rows of old and new tables do not match! Rolling back transaction..."
         end
diff --git a/spec/lib/tasks/milestones_spec.rb b/spec/lib/tasks/milestones_spec.rb
index b1693ccf5..56507d02b 100644
--- a/spec/lib/tasks/milestones_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/tasks/milestones_spec.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ describe "Milestones tasks" do
       expect(milestone.updated_at.to_date).to eq Date.today
     end
 
+    it "Updates the primary key sequence correctly" do
+      run_rake_task
+      expect { create(:milestone) }.not_to raise_exception
+    end
+
     context "Milestone has images and documents" do
       let(:milestone_id) do
         ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute(