diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateActivityLogDb.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateActivityLogDb.cs
index c7c9c12501..2f23cb1f8f 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateActivityLogDb.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateActivityLogDb.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
             var dataPath = _paths.DataPath;
             using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
             {
+                connection.Open();
+
                 using var userDbConnection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, "users.db")}");
+                userDbConnection.Open();
                 _logger.LogWarning("Migrating the activity database may take a while, do not stop Jellyfin.");
                 using var dbContext = _provider.CreateDbContext();
 
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateAuthenticationDb.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateAuthenticationDb.cs
index 63cbe49503..c845beef2f 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateAuthenticationDb.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateAuthenticationDb.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
             var dataPath = _appPaths.DataPath;
             using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
             {
+                connection.Open();
                 using var dbContext = _dbProvider.CreateDbContext();
 
                 var authenticatedDevices = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM Tokens");
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateDisplayPreferencesDb.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateDisplayPreferencesDb.cs
index a036fe9bb5..249b39ae4b 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateDisplayPreferencesDb.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateDisplayPreferencesDb.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
             var dbFilePath = Path.Combine(_paths.DataPath, DbFilename);
             using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbFilePath}"))
             {
+                connection.Open();
                 using var dbContext = _provider.CreateDbContext();
 
                 var results = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM userdisplaypreferences");
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateRatingLevels.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateRatingLevels.cs
index 06eda329cb..996f3fe8a6 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateRatingLevels.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateRatingLevels.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
 
             // Migrate parental rating strings to new levels
             _logger.LogInformation("Recalculating parental rating levels based on rating string.");
-            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbPath}"))
+            using var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbPath}");
+            connection.Open();
             using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
             {
                 var queryResult = connection.Query("SELECT DISTINCT OfficialRating FROM TypedBaseItems");
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateUserDb.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateUserDb.cs
index 9cf888d62b..4fee88b68c 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateUserDb.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/MigrateUserDb.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
 
             using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename)}"))
             {
+                connection.Open();
                 var dbContext = _provider.CreateDbContext();
 
                 var queryResult = connection.Query("SELECT * FROM LocalUsersv2");
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/RemoveDuplicateExtras.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/RemoveDuplicateExtras.cs
index 6c34e1f5bb..7b0d9456dc 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/RemoveDuplicateExtras.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Migrations/Routines/RemoveDuplicateExtras.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Migrations.Routines
         {
             var dataPath = _paths.DataPath;
             var dbPath = Path.Combine(dataPath, DbFilename);
-            using (var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbPath}"))
+            using var connection = new SqliteConnection($"Filename={dbPath}");
+            connection.Open();
             using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
             {
                 // Query the database for the ids of duplicate extras