diff --git a/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js b/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
--- a/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/database/migration-config.js
@@ -11,10 +11,14 @@
 import { processMessagesInDBForSearch } from '../database/search-utils.js';
 import { deleteThread } from '../deleters/thread-deleters.js';
 import { createScriptViewer } from '../session/scripts.js';
+import { fetchOlmAccount } from '../updaters/olm-account-updater.js';
 import { updateRolesAndPermissionsForAllThreads } from '../updaters/thread-permission-updaters.js';
 import { updateThread } from '../updaters/thread-updaters.js';
 import { ensureUserCredentials } from '../user/checks.js';
-import { createPickledOlmAccount } from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
+import {
+  createPickledOlmAccount,
+  publishPrekeysToIdentity,
+} from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
 
 const botViewer = createScriptViewer(bots.commbot.userID);
 
@@ -557,6 +561,23 @@
         `,
       ),
   ],
+  [
+    46,
+    async () => {
+      try {
+        const [content, notif] = await Promise.all([
+          fetchOlmAccount('content'),
+          fetchOlmAccount('notifications'),
+        ]);
+        await publishPrekeysToIdentity(content.account, notif.account);
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn('Encountered error while trying to publish prekeys', e);
+        if (process.env.ENV === 'prod') {
+          throw e;
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  ],
 ]);
 const newDatabaseVersion: number = Math.max(...migrations.keys());
 
diff --git a/keyserver/src/utils/olm-utils.js b/keyserver/src/utils/olm-utils.js
--- a/keyserver/src/utils/olm-utils.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/utils/olm-utils.js
@@ -203,7 +203,11 @@
 ): Promise<void> {
   // Since keys are rotated synchronously, only check validity of one
   if (shouldRotatePrekey(contentAccount)) {
-    await publishNewPrekeys(contentAccount, notifAccount);
+    contentAccount.generate_prekey();
+    notifAccount.generate_prekey();
+    await publishPrekeysToIdentity(contentAccount, notifAccount);
+    contentAccount.mark_prekey_as_published();
+    notifAccount.mark_prekey_as_published();
   }
   if (shouldForgetPrekey(contentAccount)) {
     contentAccount.forget_old_prekey();
@@ -211,20 +215,16 @@
   }
 }
 
-async function publishNewPrekeys(
+async function publishPrekeysToIdentity(
   contentAccount: OlmAccount,
   notifAccount: OlmAccount,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const rustAPIPromise = getRustAPI();
   const fetchIdentityInfoPromise = fetchIdentityInfo();
-
   const deviceID = JSON.parse(contentAccount.identity_keys()).ed25519;
 
-  contentAccount.generate_prekey();
   const { prekey: contentPrekey, prekeySignature: contentPrekeySignature } =
     getAccountPrekeysSet(contentAccount);
-
-  notifAccount.generate_prekey();
   const { prekey: notifPrekey, prekeySignature: notifPrekeySignature } =
     getAccountPrekeysSet(notifAccount);
 
@@ -254,9 +254,6 @@
     notifPrekey,
     notifPrekeySignature,
   );
-
-  contentAccount.mark_prekey_as_published();
-  notifAccount.mark_prekey_as_published();
 }
 
 export {
@@ -270,4 +267,5 @@
   getContentSigningKey,
   getAccountPrekeysSet,
   revalidateAccountPrekeys,
+  publishPrekeysToIdentity,
 };