diff --git a/rocks-db/src/migrations/clitems_v2.rs b/rocks-db/src/migrations/clitems_v2.rs
index da66ae1e..82ba6c5c 100644
--- a/rocks-db/src/migrations/clitems_v2.rs
+++ b/rocks-db/src/migrations/clitems_v2.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use entities::models::Updated;
 
 use crate::{
-    columns::cl_items::{ClItemDeprecated, ClItemV2},
+    columns::cl_items::{ClItemDeprecated, ClItemKey, ClItemV2},
     migrator::{RocksMigration, SerializationType},
 };
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ impl RocksMigration for ClItemsV2Migration {
     const VERSION: u64 = 5;
     const DESERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType = SerializationType::Bincode;
     const SERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType = SerializationType::Bincode;
+    type KeyType = ClItemKey;
     type NewDataType = ClItemV2;
     type OldDataType = ClItemDeprecated;
 }
diff --git a/rocks-db/src/migrations/offchain_data.rs b/rocks-db/src/migrations/offchain_data.rs
index 21db0d9b..dc6a51d0 100644
--- a/rocks-db/src/migrations/offchain_data.rs
+++ b/rocks-db/src/migrations/offchain_data.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ impl RocksMigration for OffChainDataMigration {
     const VERSION: u64 = 4;
     const DESERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType = SerializationType::Bincode;
     const SERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType = SerializationType::Flatbuffers;
+    type KeyType = String;
     type NewDataType = OffChainData;
     type OldDataType = OffChainDataDeprecated;
 }
diff --git a/rocks-db/src/migrator.rs b/rocks-db/src/migrator.rs
index da4e4b2d..ce02836b 100644
--- a/rocks-db/src/migrator.rs
+++ b/rocks-db/src/migrator.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,17 @@ pub trait RocksMigration {
     const VERSION: u64;
     const DESERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType;
     const SERIALIZATION_TYPE: SerializationType;
-    type NewDataType: Sync + Serialize + DeserializeOwned + Send + TypedColumn;
+    type KeyType: 'static + Hash + Eq + std::fmt::Debug;
+    type NewDataType: Sync
+        + Serialize
+        + DeserializeOwned
+        + Send
+        + TypedColumn<KeyType = Self::KeyType>;
     type OldDataType: Sync
         + Serialize
         + DeserializeOwned
         + Send
-        + TypedColumn
+        + TypedColumn<KeyType = Self::KeyType>
         + Into<<Self::NewDataType as TypedColumn>::ValueType>;
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +247,7 @@ impl<'a> MigrationApplier<'a> {
     {
         let mut batch = HashMap::new();
         for (key, value) in Self::migration_column_iter::<M>(&temporary_migration_storage.db)? {
-            let key_decoded = match column.decode_key(key.to_vec()) {
+            let key_decoded = match M::OldDataType::decode_key(key.to_vec()) {
                 Ok(key_decoded) => key_decoded,
                 Err(e) => {
                     error!("migration data decode_key: {:?}, {}", key.to_vec(), e);
diff --git a/rocks-db/tests/migration_tests.rs b/rocks-db/tests/migration_tests.rs
index b2d9aec9..d18eb14c 100644
--- a/rocks-db/tests/migration_tests.rs
+++ b/rocks-db/tests/migration_tests.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use std::{str::FromStr, sync::Arc};
 
+    use entities::models::Updated;
     use metrics_utils::red::RequestErrorDurationMetrics;
     use rocks_db::{
         column::TypedColumn,
-        columns::offchain_data::{OffChainData, OffChainDataDeprecated},
+        columns::{
+            cl_items::{ClItemDeprecated, ClItemKey, ClItemV2},
+            offchain_data::{OffChainData, OffChainDataDeprecated},
+        },
         migrator::MigrationState,
         Storage,
     };
+    use solana_sdk::pubkey::Pubkey;
     use tempfile::TempDir;
     use tokio::{sync::Mutex, task::JoinSet};
 
@@ -112,6 +117,92 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(migrated_v2.last_read_at, 0);
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_clitems_v2_migration() {
+        let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let node_id = 32782;
+        let tree_id = Pubkey::from_str("6EdzmXrunmS1gqkuWzDuP94o1YPNc2cb8z45G1eQaMpp")
+            .expect("a valid pubkey");
+        let hash = [
+            93, 208, 232, 135, 101, 117, 109, 249, 149, 77, 57, 114, 173, 168, 145, 196, 185, 190,
+            21, 121, 205, 253, 143, 155, 82, 119, 9, 143, 73, 176, 233, 179,
+        ]
+        .to_vec();
+        let seq = 32;
+        let v1 = ClItemDeprecated {
+            cli_node_idx: node_id,
+            cli_tree_key: tree_id,
+            cli_leaf_idx: None,
+            cli_seq: seq,
+            cli_level: 2,
+            cli_hash: hash.clone(),
+            slot_updated: 239021690,
+        };
+        let key = ClItemKey::new(node_id, tree_id);
+        let path = dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
+        let old_storage = Storage::open(
+            path,
+            Arc::new(Mutex::new(JoinSet::new())),
+            Arc::new(RequestErrorDurationMetrics::new()),
+            MigrationState::Version(0),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        old_storage.cl_items_deprecated.put(key.clone(), v1.clone()).expect("should put");
+        drop(old_storage);
+        let secondary_storage_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let migration_version_manager = Storage::open_secondary(
+            path,
+            secondary_storage_dir.path().to_str().unwrap(),
+            Arc::new(Mutex::new(JoinSet::new())),
+            Arc::new(RequestErrorDurationMetrics::new()),
+            MigrationState::Version(4),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let binding = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let migration_storage_path = binding.path().to_str().unwrap();
+        Storage::apply_all_migrations(
+            path,
+            migration_storage_path,
+            Arc::new(migration_version_manager),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let new_storage = Storage::open(
+            path,
+            Arc::new(Mutex::new(JoinSet::new())),
+            Arc::new(RequestErrorDurationMetrics::new()),
+            MigrationState::Version(4),
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let migrated_v1 = new_storage
+            .db
+            .get_pinned_cf(
+                &new_storage.db.cf_handle(ClItemV2::NAME).unwrap(),
+                ClItemV2::encode_key(key.clone()),
+            )
+            .expect("expect to get value successfully")
+            .expect("value to be present");
+
+        print!("migrated is {:?}", migrated_v1.to_vec());
+        let migrated_v1 = new_storage
+            .cl_items
+            .get(key.clone())
+            .expect("should get value successfully")
+            .expect("the value should be not empty");
+        assert_eq!(migrated_v1.finalized_hash, None);
+        assert_eq!(migrated_v1.leaf_idx, None);
+        assert_eq!(migrated_v1.level, 2);
+        assert_eq!(
+            migrated_v1.pending_hash,
+            Some(Updated::new(
+                239021690,
+                Some(entities::models::UpdateVersion::Sequence(seq)),
+                hash
+            ))
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     #[ignore = "TODO: test migrations on relevant columns"]
     fn test_merge_fail() {