diff --git a/database/migrations/2026_01_23_150053_create_user_excluded_categories_table.php b/database/migrations/2026_01_23_150053_create_user_excluded_categories_table.php
index 062b6d1c4..b06c7e821 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2026_01_23_150053_create_user_excluded_categories_table.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2026_01_23_150053_create_user_excluded_categories_table.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
 
 return new class extends Migration
@@ -11,21 +11,25 @@ return new class extends Migration
      */
     public function up(): void
     {
-        // Use raw SQL to ensure exact column type matching with existing tables
-        DB::statement('
-            CREATE TABLE `user_excluded_categories` (
-                `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-                `users_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
-                `categories_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
-                `created_at` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
-                `updated_at` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
-                PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-                UNIQUE KEY `ux_user_excluded_categories` (`users_id`, `categories_id`),
-                KEY `ix_user_excluded_categories_users_id` (`users_id`),
-                CONSTRAINT `FK_uec_users` FOREIGN KEY (`users_id`) REFERENCES `users` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
-                CONSTRAINT `FK_uec_categories` FOREIGN KEY (`categories_id`) REFERENCES `categories` (`id`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE
-            ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
-        ');
+        Schema::create('user_excluded_categories', function (Blueprint $table) {
+            $table->id();
+            $table->unsignedInteger('users_id');
+            $table->unsignedInteger('categories_id');
+            $table->timestamps();
+
+            $table->foreign('users_id')
+                ->references('id')
+                ->on('users')
+                ->onDelete('cascade');
+
+            $table->foreign('categories_id')
+                ->references('id')
+                ->on('categories')
+                ->onDelete('cascade');
+
+            $table->unique(['users_id', 'categories_id']);
+            $table->index('users_id');
+        });
     }
 
     /**