diff --git a/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py b/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
index 3577694aa..42f8bb3f6 100755
--- a/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
+++ b/packages/db/elastic_migrations/migrate_from_elastic.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ async def main():
         # Scan API for larger library
         docs = async_scan(es_client, index=ES_INDEX, query=query,
                           preserve_order=True, size=ES_SCAN_SIZE,
-                          request_timeout=ES_TIMEOUT, scroll=ES_SCROLL_TIME)
+                          request_timeout=int(ES_TIMEOUT), scroll=ES_SCROLL_TIME)
 
         # convert _id to uuid
         async for doc in docs: