diff --git a/app/Events/Load_config.php b/app/Events/Load_config.php
index 974330ddf..c08bfa857 100644
--- a/app/Events/Load_config.php
+++ b/app/Events/Load_config.php
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class Load_config
         
         // If database is not migrated and we're configured to use database sessions,
         // temporarily fall back to file-based sessions to allow migrations to complete.
-        // Once migrations run, subsequent requests will use database sessions.
+        // Once migrations run, the user must re-authenticate (session is destroyed in
+        // load_config() when migrations are pending).
         if (!$isDbMigrated && $sessionConfig->driver === DatabaseHandler::class) {
             $sessionConfig = clone $sessionConfig;
             $sessionConfig->driver = FileHandler::class;
diff --git a/app/Language/en/Login.php b/app/Language/en/Login.php
index 0eb94004e..000360dea 100644
--- a/app/Language/en/Login.php
+++ b/app/Language/en/Login.php
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ return [
     "login"                         => "Login",
     "logout"                        => "Logout",
     "migration_needed"              => "A database migration to {0} will start after login.",
+    "migration_required"            => "Database Migration Required",
+    "migration_auth_message"        => "Administrator credentials are required to authorize the database migration to version {0}. Please login to proceed.",
+    "migration_complete_redirect"   => "Migration complete. Redirecting to login...",
     "password"                      => "Password",
     "required_username"             => "The username field is required.",
     "username"                      => "Username",
diff --git a/app/Views/login.php b/app/Views/login.php
index b7c32ce45..b79e8c89f 100644
--- a/app/Views/login.php
+++ b/app/Views/login.php
@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@
             </div>
             <section class="box-login d-flex flex-column justify-content-center align-items-center p-md-4">
                 <?= form_open('login') ?>
-                <h3 class="text-center m-0"><?= lang('Login.welcome', [lang('Common.software_short')]) ?></h3>
+                <?php if (!$is_latest): ?>
+                    <h3 class="text-center m-0"><?= lang('Login.migration_required') ?></h3>
+                    <div class="alert alert-warning mt-3">
+                        <strong><?= lang('Login.migration_auth_message', [$latest_version]) ?></strong>
+                    </div>
+                <?php else: ?>
+                    <h3 class="text-center m-0"><?= lang('Login.welcome', [lang('Common.software_short')]) ?></h3>
+                <?php endif; ?>
                 <?php if ($has_errors): ?>
                     <?php foreach ($validation->getErrors() as $error): ?>
                         <div class="alert alert-danger mt-3">
@@ -55,11 +62,6 @@
                         </div>
                     <?php endforeach; ?>
                 <?php endif; ?>
-                <?php if (!$is_latest): ?>
-                    <div class="alert alert-info mt-3">
-                        <?= lang('Login.migration_needed', [$latest_version]) ?>
-                    </div>
-                <?php endif; ?>
                 <?php if (empty($config['login_form']) || 'floating_labels' == ($config['login_form'])): ?>
                     <div class="form-floating mt-3">
                         <input class="form-control" id="input-username" name="username" type="text" placeholder="<?= lang('Login.username') ?>" <?php if (ENVIRONMENT == "testing") echo 'value="admin"'; ?>>
@@ -96,7 +98,9 @@
                 }
                 ?>
                 <div class="d-grid">
-                    <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" name="login-button" type="submit"><?= lang('Login.go') ?></button>
+                    <button class="btn btn-lg btn-primary" name="login-button" type="submit">
+                        <?= $is_latest ? lang('Login.go') : lang('Module.migrate') ?>
+                    </button>
                 </div>
                 <?= form_close() ?>
             </section>