diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20250305131152_add-actor-id-to-secret-versions-v2.ts b/backend/src/db/migrations/20250305131152_add-actor-id-to-secret-versions-v2.ts
index 25237122b..af1e2c85a 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrations/20250305131152_add-actor-id-to-secret-versions-v2.ts
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20250305131152_add-actor-id-to-secret-versions-v2.ts
@@ -3,49 +3,22 @@ import { Knex } from "knex";
 import { TableName } from "@app/db/schemas";
 
 export async function up(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
-  const hasSecretVersionV2UserActorId = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "userActorId");
-  const hasSecretVersionV2IdentityActorId = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "identityActorId");
-  const hasSecretVersionV2ActorType = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "actorType");
-
-  if (!hasSecretVersionV2UserActorId) {
+  if (!(await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "userActorId"))) {
     await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.uuid("userActorId");
       t.foreign("userActorId").references("id").inTable(TableName.Users);
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (!hasSecretVersionV2IdentityActorId) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.uuid("identityActorId");
       t.foreign("identityActorId").references("id").inTable(TableName.Identity);
-    });
-  }
-  if (!hasSecretVersionV2ActorType) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.string("actorType");
     });
   }
 }
 
 export async function down(knex: Knex): Promise<void> {
-  const hasSecretVersionV2UserActorId = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "userActorId");
-  const hasSecretVersionV2IdentityActorId = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "identityActorId");
-  const hasSecretVersionV2ActorType = await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "actorType");
-
-  if (hasSecretVersionV2UserActorId) {
+  if (await knex.schema.hasColumn(TableName.SecretVersionV2, "userActorId")) {
     await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.dropColumn("userActorId");
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (hasSecretVersionV2IdentityActorId) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.dropColumn("identityActorId");
-    });
-  }
-
-  if (hasSecretVersionV2ActorType) {
-    await knex.schema.alterTable(TableName.SecretVersionV2, (t) => {
       t.dropColumn("actorType");
     });
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-snapshot/secret-snapshot-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-snapshot/secret-snapshot-service.ts
index 40ac4493f..b057d8110 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-snapshot/secret-snapshot-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-snapshot/secret-snapshot-service.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ export const secretSnapshotServiceFactory = ({
                 envId,
                 id,
                 tags,
+                // exclude the bottom fields from the secret - they are for versioning only.
                 userActorId,
                 identityActorId,
                 actorType,