diff --git a/.circleci/server-upgrade-downgrade/run.sh b/.circleci/server-upgrade-downgrade/run.sh
index 1d8284a9b02..c65cdda9c72 100755
--- a/.circleci/server-upgrade-downgrade/run.sh
+++ b/.circleci/server-upgrade-downgrade/run.sh
@@ -154,9 +154,16 @@ get_server_upgrade_tests() {
 	cd $RELEASE_PYTEST_DIR
 	tmpfile="$(mktemp --dry-run)"
 	set -x
+	# NOTE: any tests deselected in run_server_upgrade_pytest need to be filtered out here too
+	#
 	# FIX ME: Deselecting some introspection tests and event trigger tests from the previous test suite
 	# which throw errors on the latest build. Even when the output of the current build is more accurate.
 	# Remove these deselects after the next stable release
+	#
+	# NOTE: test_events.py involves presistent state and probably isn't
+	#       feasible to run here
+	# FIXME: re-enable test_graphql_queries.py::TestGraphQLQueryFunctions
+	#        (fixing "already exists" error) if possible
 	python3 -m pytest -q --collect-only --collect-upgrade-tests-to-file "$tmpfile" \
 		-m 'allow_server_upgrade_test and not skip_server_upgrade_test' \
 		--deselect test_schema_stitching.py::TestRemoteSchemaBasic::test_introspection \
@@ -170,6 +177,8 @@ get_server_upgrade_tests() {
                 --deselect test_events.py::TestUpdateEvtQuery::test_update_basic \
                 --deselect test_schema_stitching.py::TestAddRemoteSchemaTbls::test_add_schema \
                 --deselect test_schema_stitching.py::TestAddRemoteSchemaTbls::test_add_conflicting_table \
+                --deselect test_events.py \
+                --deselect test_graphql_queries.py::TestGraphQLQueryFunctions \
 		"${args[@]}" 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
 	set +x
 	cat "$tmpfile"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c371ea3037..61c79ade1a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Next release
 (Add entries below in the order of server, console, cli, docs, others)
 
+- server: fix resetting metadata catalog version to 43 while initializing postgres source with v1.0 catalog
+
 
 ## v2.0.1
 
diff --git a/server/src-rsr/migrations/43_to_44.sql b/server/src-rsr/migrations/43_to_44.sql
index 1092b6de8b7..02aa4ee4331 100644
--- a/server/src-rsr/migrations/43_to_44.sql
+++ b/server/src-rsr/migrations/43_to_44.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 -- This migration adds versioning to metadata, used for optimistic locking in UIs.
 -- TODO: Are there changes required in catalog_versions.txt
 
-ALTER TABLE hdb_catalog.hdb_metadata
-ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS "resource_version" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 UNIQUE;
+DO $$ 
+    BEGIN
+        BEGIN
+          ALTER TABLE hdb_catalog.hdb_metadata ADD COLUMN "resource_version" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT 1 UNIQUE;
+        EXCEPTION
+          -- For pg 9.6 compatibility
+          WHEN duplicate_column THEN RAISE NOTICE 'column resource_version already exists in hdb_metadata';
+      END;
+  END;
+$$