diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbe8705..4f18aee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+- Role: analytics-api, insights
+  - Using Django 1.7 migrate command.
+
 - Role: edxapp
   - A new var was added to make it easy ot invalidate the default
     memcache store to make it easier to invalidate sessions. Updating
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/analytics-api/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/analytics-api/tasks/deploy.yml
index 7be8d7c..b4df498 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/analytics-api/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/analytics-api/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
   notify: restart the analytics service
   with_items: analytics_api_requirements
 
-- name: syncdb and migrate
+- name: migrate
   shell: >
     chdir={{ analytics_api_code_dir }}
     DB_MIGRATION_USER={{ COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_USER }}
     DB_MIGRATION_PASS={{ COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_PASS }}
-    {{ analytics_api_venv_bin }}/python ./manage.py syncdb --migrate --noinput
+    {{ analytics_api_venv_bin }}/python ./manage.py migrate --noinput
   sudo_user: "{{ analytics_api_user }}"
   environment: "{{ analytics_api_environment }}"
   when: migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/insights/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/insights/tasks/deploy.yml
index a38424e..c073f5d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/insights/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/insights/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@
     . {{ insights_nodeenv_bin }}/activate && {{ insights_node_bin }}/bower install --production --config.interactive=false
   sudo_user: "{{ insights_user }}"
 
-- name: syncdb and migrate
+- name: migrate
   shell: >
     chdir={{ insights_code_dir }}
     DB_MIGRATION_USER={{ COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_USER }}
     DB_MIGRATION_PASS={{ COMMON_MYSQL_MIGRATE_PASS }}
-    {{ insights_venv_bin }}/python {{ insights_manage }} syncdb --migrate --noinput
+    {{ insights_venv_bin }}/python {{ insights_manage }} migrate --noinput
   sudo_user: "{{ insights_user }}"
   environment: "{{ insights_environment }}"
   when: migrate_db is defined and migrate_db|lower == "yes"