diff --git a/schema-engine/connectors/sql-schema-connector/src/lib.rs b/schema-engine/connectors/sql-schema-connector/src/lib.rs
index 66924c2b5a9b..21e57f210cd5 100644
--- a/schema-engine/connectors/sql-schema-connector/src/lib.rs
+++ b/schema-engine/connectors/sql-schema-connector/src/lib.rs
@@ -409,12 +409,14 @@ async fn best_effort_reset_impl(
         return Ok(());
     }
 
-    let migration = apply_migration::render_script(
+    let mut migration = apply_migration::render_script(
         &Migration::new(migration),
         &DestructiveChangeDiagnostics::default(),
         flavour,
     )?;
 
+    migration = format!("SET foreign_key_checks = 0;{}\n", migration);
+
     flavour.raw_cmd(&migration).await?;
 
     Ok(())