diff --git a/.github/workflows/zulip-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/zulip-ci.yml
index be1462648d..a30801463e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zulip-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zulip-ci.yml
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ jobs:
           ./tools/setup/generate_integration_bots_avatars.py --check-missing
           ./tools/ci/check-executables
 
-          # Ban check-database-compatibility.py from transitively
+          # Ban check-database-compatibility from transitively
           # relying on static/generated, because it might not be
           # up-to-date at that point in upgrade-zulip-stage-2.
           chmod 000 static/generated web/generated
-          ./scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility.py
+          ./scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility
           chmod 755 static/generated web/generated
 
       - name: Run documentation and api tests
diff --git a/scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility.py b/scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility.py
rename to scripts/lib/check-database-compatibility
diff --git a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2 b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
index 72f6316a43..3a12e26c39 100755
--- a/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
+++ b/scripts/lib/upgrade-zulip-stage-2
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ subprocess.check_call(
 # downgrade.
 if not args.skip_downgrade_check:
     subprocess.check_call(
-        [os.path.join(deploy_path, "scripts", "lib", "check-database-compatibility.py")],
+        [os.path.join(deploy_path, "scripts", "lib", "check-database-compatibility")],
         preexec_fn=su_to_zulip,
     )