diff --git a/src/documents/migrations/1056_alter_document_transaction_id.py b/src/documents/migrations/1056_alter_document_transaction_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..282dbba74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/documents/migrations/1056_alter_document_transaction_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.1 on 2024-10-26 16:14
+
+from django.db import migrations
+
+import documents.models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("documents", "1055_alter_storagepath_path"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="document",
+            name="transaction_id",
+            field=documents.models.Char32UUIDField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/documents/models.py b/src/documents/models.py
index 37c86305c..6d78aed3e 100644
--- a/src/documents/models.py
+++ b/src/documents/models.py
@@ -134,6 +134,19 @@ class StoragePath(MatchingModel):
         verbose_name_plural = _("storage paths")
 
 
+# see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/releases/5.0/#migrating-existing-uuidfield-on-mariadb-10-7 and
+# https://github.com/san4ezy/django_softdelete/issues/45
+class Char32UUIDField(models.UUIDField):
+    def db_type(self, connection):
+        return "char(32)"
+
+    def get_db_prep_value(self, value, connection, prepared=False):
+        value = super().get_db_prep_value(value, connection, prepared)
+        if value is not None and not isinstance(value, str):  # pragma: no cover
+            value = value.hex
+        return value
+
+
 class Document(SoftDeleteModel, ModelWithOwner):
     STORAGE_TYPE_UNENCRYPTED = "unencrypted"
     STORAGE_TYPE_GPG = "gpg"
@@ -290,6 +303,11 @@ class Document(SoftDeleteModel, ModelWithOwner):
         ),
     )
 
+    transaction_id = Char32UUIDField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+    )
+
     class Meta:
         ordering = ("-created",)
         verbose_name = _("document")