diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.24/2022-11-21-15-03-populate-source-column-with-html-for-emails.js b/ghost/core/core/server/data/migrations/versions/5.24/2022-11-21-15-03-populate-source-column-with-html-for-emails.js
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+const logging = require('@tryghost/logging');
+const {createTransactionalMigration} = require('../../utils');
+
+module.exports = createTransactionalMigration(
+    async function up(knex) {
+        logging.info('Populating source from html in emails table');
+
+        const affectedRows = await knex('emails')
+            .update({
+                source: knex.ref('html')
+            });
+
+        logging.info(`Updated ${affectedRows} rows with source html data`);
+    },
+
+    async function down() {
+        // no-op: we don't want to remove the data
+    }
+);