diff --git a/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/application/failing-app-installation-workspace-version.integration-spec.ts b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/application/failing-app-installation-workspace-version.integration-spec.ts
index a916b5a94f..3419236403 100644
--- a/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/application/failing-app-installation-workspace-version.integration-spec.ts
+++ b/packages/twenty-server/test/integration/metadata/suites/application/failing-app-installation-workspace-version.integration-spec.ts
@@ -76,29 +76,37 @@ describe('Install application is gated by the workspace completed upgrade versio
   beforeAll(async () => {
     jest.useRealTimers();
 
-    // The seeded workspace's cursor is the last step of the current version.
-    // Re-injecting it as a failed attempt makes the workspace resolve to the
-    // previous completed version — i.e. behind the instance.
-    const [workspaceCursor] = await global.testDataSource.query(
-      `SELECT name FROM core."upgradeMigration"
-       WHERE "workspaceId" = $1
-       ORDER BY "createdAt" DESC, attempt DESC
+    // Derive the gate version from the last attempted instance command, which
+    // is exactly what the upload-time server-compat check uses
+    // (getInferredVersion). The seeded workspace cursor can sit a version ahead
+    // of the instance right after a version bump whose newest segment ends in
+    // workspace-scoped commands with no new instance command: requiring
+    // >=workspaceVersion would then fail the instance gate at upload time,
+    // before the workspace gate under test is reached.
+    const [instanceCommand] = await global.testDataSource.query(
+      `SELECT migration.name AS name
+       FROM core."upgradeMigration" migration
+       WHERE migration."workspaceId" IS NULL
+         AND migration."isInitial" = false
+         AND migration.attempt = (
+           SELECT MAX(sub.attempt)
+           FROM core."upgradeMigration" sub
+           WHERE sub.name = migration.name
+             AND sub."workspaceId" IS NULL
+         )
+       ORDER BY migration."createdAt" DESC
        LIMIT 1`,
-      [SEED_APPLE_WORKSPACE_ID],
     );
 
-    if (!isDefined(workspaceCursor)) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Expected a seeded upgrade cursor for workspace ${SEED_APPLE_WORKSPACE_ID}`,
-      );
+    if (!isDefined(instanceCommand)) {
+      throw new Error('Expected a seeded instance upgrade command');
     }
 
-    currentVersionCommandName = workspaceCursor.name;
+    // Re-injecting this command as a failed workspace attempt makes the
+    // workspace resolve to the previous completed version (behind the
+    // instance), so the install reaches the workspace gate.
+    currentVersionCommandName = instanceCommand.name;
 
-    // Pin to the version the instance actually reached, not
-    // TWENTY_CURRENT_VERSION which can be bumped ahead of the latest instance
-    // command and trip the upload-time server-compat check before the
-    // workspace gate under test is reached.
     const inferredServerVersion = extractVersionFromCommandName(
       currentVersionCommandName,
     );