diff --git a/backend/__tests__/integration/adminBackupCoverage.test.js b/backend/__tests__/integration/adminBackupCoverage.test.js
index ab10c160..18fe862a 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/integration/adminBackupCoverage.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/integration/adminBackupCoverage.test.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('GET /api/admin/system-health/backup-coverage', () => {
 
   async function restoreDefaultPaths() {
     await db('backup_paths').del();
-    const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths');
+    const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths');
     await db('backup_paths').insert(DEFAULT_PATHS.map((row) => ({
       ...row,
       created_at: new Date(),
diff --git a/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.configurableWalker.test.js b/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.configurableWalker.test.js
index 65683046..583ab504 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.configurableWalker.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.configurableWalker.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Pins the Stage-B refactor that lifted the file-backup walker's
  * subdirectory list out of hard-coded JS into the `backup_paths`
- * table seeded by migration 108.
+ * table seeded by migration 109.
  *
  * Scenarios:
  *   1. Walker reads canonical seed → all 7 default subdirs walked
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('backupService — configurable walker (backup_paths)', () => {
     await db('backup_paths').del();
     const {
       DEFAULT_PATHS,
-    } = require('../../migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths');
+    } = require('../../migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths');
     await db('backup_paths').insert(DEFAULT_PATHS.map((row) => ({
       ...row,
       created_at: new Date(),
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('backupService — configurable walker (backup_paths)', () => {
     })));
   });
 
-  it('migration 108 seeds the canonical 7 paths', async () => {
+  it('migration 109 seeds the canonical 7 paths', async () => {
     const rows = await db('backup_paths').orderBy('display_order', 'asc').select();
     expect(rows.map((r) => r.path)).toEqual([
       'events/active',
diff --git a/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.perPathStats.test.js b/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.perPathStats.test.js
index 10a4366e..3e65ca12 100644
--- a/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.perPathStats.test.js
+++ b/backend/__tests__/integration/backupService.perPathStats.test.js
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ describe('backupService — per-Stage-B-path statistics', () => {
     ]).onConflict('setting_key').merge();
     fs.mkdirSync(path.join(storagePath, 'destination'), { recursive: true });
 
-    // Restore canonical backup_paths from migration 108
-    const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths');
+    // Restore canonical backup_paths from migration 109
+    const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths');
     await db('backup_paths').del();
     await db('backup_paths').insert(DEFAULT_PATHS.map((row) => ({
       ...row,
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ describe('backupService — per-Stage-B-path statistics', () => {
 // — once via each path. Per-path stats then attribute the file to the
 // longest-prefix-matching path BOTH times, producing inflated counts.
 //
-// The canonical seed in migration 108 contains no overlapping pairs,
+// The canonical seed in migration 109 contains no overlapping pairs,
 // so this isn't exercised in practice. But an admin who hand-adds a
 // broad row that overlaps an existing nested one will see double
 // counts in their next backup's statistics + the destination will
diff --git a/backend/migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths.js b/backend/migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths.js
similarity index 91%
rename from backend/migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths.js
rename to backend/migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths.js
index 5fddccf6..544f0151 100644
--- a/backend/migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths.js
+++ b/backend/migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths.js
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 /**
- * Migration 108 — config-driven backup walker.
+ * Migration 109 — config-driven backup walker.
+ *
+ * (Originally numbered 108 on bugfix/crm-backup. Renumbered to 109
+ * before merge because upstream/beta independently shipped
+ * 108_seed_sl_email_template_translations.js. The createTable is
+ * idempotent via `hasTable` guard and the seed uses
+ * `onConflict('path').ignore()`, so beta installs that ran the
+ * 108-named version of this file get a harmless no-op when 109
+ * runs against the already-seeded table.)
  *
  * Stage B of the three-stage backup-hardening plan. The file-backup
  * walker (`getFilesToBackupInternal` in backupService.js) historically
diff --git a/backend/src/services/_backupPathsBoot.js b/backend/src/services/_backupPathsBoot.js
index d1c8ece1..a3942fbd 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/_backupPathsBoot.js
+++ b/backend/src/services/_backupPathsBoot.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * **Why this exists**
  *
  * Knex won't re-run an applied migration, so once migration
- * 108_add_backup_paths.js has run, any later default we want to add
+ * 109_add_backup_paths.js has run, any later default we want to add
  * (a new subdirectory shipped by a future feature) would never reach
  * already-deployed installs. The historical fix for this kind of
  * "schema is fine, seed drifted" problem is the boot-time self-heal
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *
  * **Authoritative list**
  *
- * The list of defaults lives on migration 108 itself
+ * The list of defaults lives on migration 109 itself
  * (`DEFAULT_PATHS` export) — one source of truth that both the
  * migration and this seeder read. Tests assert these two stay in
  * lockstep.
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@
  * **Failure semantics**
  *
  * If the table doesn't exist yet (migrations haven't run, fresh
- * install before migration 108 lands, etc.) we no-op and log. The
+ * install before migration 109 lands, etc.) we no-op and log. The
  * walker has a hard-coded `LEGACY_DEFAULTS` fallback for the same
  * reason — defense in depth so "Run Backup Now" can never silently
  * ship a files-only manifest because of a seed issue. See
  * `backupService.js` getFilesToBackupInternal.
  */
 
-const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/108_add_backup_paths');
+const { DEFAULT_PATHS } = require('../../migrations/core/109_add_backup_paths');
 
 let booted = false;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function seedBackupPathsAtBoot(db, logger) {
   if (booted) return { seeded: [] };
 
   if (!(await db.schema.hasTable('backup_paths'))) {
-    log.warn('backup_paths table missing at boot — self-heal skipped (migration 108 may not have run yet)');
+    log.warn('backup_paths table missing at boot — self-heal skipped (migration 109 may not have run yet)');
     return { seeded: [] };
   }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/backupService.js b/backend/src/services/backupService.js
index dd90332c..6e83ba94 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/backupService.js
+++ b/backend/src/services/backupService.js
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ async function scanDirectory(dirPath, fileList, basePath, excludePatterns = [])
 
 /**
  * Hard-coded fallback when `backup_paths` is missing/empty. Mirrors
- * the canonical seed in migration 108 — kept here as defense in depth
+ * the canonical seed in migration 109 — kept here as defense in depth
  * so the walker can never silently degrade to "no directories scanned"
  * because of a seed problem.
  *