diff --git a/models/migrations/migrations.go b/models/migrations/migrations.go
index cad4156dee..cb41a7d4b5 100644
--- a/models/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/models/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ func prepareMigrationTasks() []*migration {
 		newMigration(328, "Add TokenPermissions column to ActionRunJob", v1_26.AddTokenPermissionsToActionRunJob),
 		newMigration(329, "Add unique constraint for user badge", v1_26.AddUniqueIndexForUserBadge),
 		newMigration(330, "Add name column to webhook", v1_26.AddNameToWebhook),
+		newMigration(331, "Add group_id and group_sort_order columns to repository table", v1_26.AddGroupColumnsToRepositoryTable),
 	}
 	return preparedMigrations
 }
diff --git a/models/repo/repo.go b/models/repo/repo.go
index d69674d117..a7e3aa0060 100644
--- a/models/repo/repo.go
+++ b/models/repo/repo.go
@@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ type Repository struct {
 	UpdatedUnix  timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
 	ArchivedUnix timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"DEFAULT 0"`
 
-	GroupID        int64 `xorm:"DEFAULT NULL"`
-	GroupSortOrder int
+	GroupID        int64 `xorm:"INDEX DEFAULT NULL"`
+	GroupSortOrder int   `xorm:"INDEX"`
 }
 
 func init() {