diff --git a/backend/alembic/env.py b/backend/alembic/env.py
index 7f9503b4..62b009f5 100644
--- a/backend/alembic/env.py
+++ b/backend/alembic/env.py
@@ -31,11 +31,25 @@ from app.models.session_handoff import SessionHandoff  # noqa: F401
 from app.models.session_resolution_output import SessionResolutionOutput  # noqa: F401
 from app.core.config import settings
 
+
+def _alembic_sync_url() -> str:
+    """Return a psycopg2-compatible sync URL for Alembic.
+
+    Prefers ADMIN_DATABASE_URL (resolutionflow_admin, BYPASSRLS) converted to
+    a sync driver. Falls back to DATABASE_URL_SYNC for local dev where the
+    admin URL may not be configured separately.
+    """
+    admin_url = settings.ADMIN_DATABASE_URL
+    if admin_url and "+asyncpg" in admin_url:
+        return admin_url.replace("postgresql+asyncpg://", "postgresql://")
+    return settings.DATABASE_URL_SYNC
+
+
 # this is the Alembic Config object
 config = context.config
 
 # Override sqlalchemy.url with the sync version for migrations
-config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", settings.DATABASE_URL_SYNC)
+config.set_main_option("sqlalchemy.url", _alembic_sync_url())
 
 # Interpret the config file for Python logging.
 if config.config_file_name is not None:
@@ -86,7 +100,7 @@ def run_migrations_online() -> None:
     from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 
     connectable = create_engine(
-        settings.DATABASE_URL_SYNC,
+        _alembic_sync_url(),
         poolclass=pool.NullPool,
     )