diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1191d20..517e45d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ CMD ["pnpm", "dev"]
 FROM base AS migrator
 COPY --from=deps /app/node_modules ./node_modules
 COPY . .
-# Same Node.js native TS-stripping approach used by seed.ts (avoids TLA issues with lexical)
-ENV NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-strip-types --no-require-module"
+# --experimental-strip-types: run migrate.ts + migration files as TypeScript natively.
+# --no-require-module is intentionally omitted: it was added in Node 22.12.0 and the
+# cached base image may be older; our minimal migrate script doesn't load lexical so
+# there are no TLA/ESM issues that required that flag.
+ENV NODE_OPTIONS="--experimental-strip-types"
 CMD ["node", "src/scripts/migrate.ts"]
 
 # --- Build ---