diff --git a/readthedocs/search/apps.py b/readthedocs/search/apps.py
index 6159f3ad4d0..21a39ce20e7 100644
--- a/readthedocs/search/apps.py
+++ b/readthedocs/search/apps.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 
 class SearchConfig(AppConfig):
+
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
     name = 'readthedocs.search'
 
     def ready(self):
diff --git a/readthedocs/search/migrations/0005_alter_searchquery_id.py b/readthedocs/search/migrations/0005_alter_searchquery_id.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..750ce4758c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readthedocs/search/migrations/0005_alter_searchquery_id.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.15 on 2022-10-18 15:43
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("search", "0004_make_total_results_not_null"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="searchquery",
+            name="id",
+            field=models.BigAutoField(
+                auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name="ID"
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]