diff --git a/ee/api/chalicelib/core/users.py b/ee/api/chalicelib/core/users.py
index b85346ad1..b55600da2 100644
--- a/ee/api/chalicelib/core/users.py
+++ b/ee/api/chalicelib/core/users.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def delete_member(user_id, tenant_id, id_to_delete):
     with pg_client.PostgresClient() as cur:
         cur.execute(
             cur.mogrify(f"""UPDATE public.users
-                           SET deleted_at = timezone('utc'::text, now()) 
+                           SET deleted_at = timezone('utc'::text, now()), role_id=NULL
                            WHERE user_id=%(user_id)s AND tenant_id=%(tenant_id)s;""",
                         {"user_id": id_to_delete, "tenant_id": tenant_id}))
         cur.execute(
diff --git a/ee/scripts/schema/db/init_dbs/postgresql/1.9.0/1.9.0.sql b/ee/scripts/schema/db/init_dbs/postgresql/1.9.0/1.9.0.sql
index a144f3a1d..7feee11a8 100644
--- a/ee/scripts/schema/db/init_dbs/postgresql/1.9.0/1.9.0.sql
+++ b/ee/scripts/schema/db/init_dbs/postgresql/1.9.0/1.9.0.sql
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@ $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
 ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS sessions
     ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS file_key BYTEA DEFAULT NULL;
 
+UPDATE users
+SET role_id=NULL
+WHERE deleted_at IS NOT NULL;
+
 COMMIT;
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