diff --git a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/enforcer-delegate.ts b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/enforcer-delegate.ts
index a17c7f6376..e415f179b5 100644
--- a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/enforcer-delegate.ts
+++ b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/enforcer-delegate.ts
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
       if (!ok) {
         throw new Error(`failed to create policy ${policyToString(policy)}`);
       }
-      addMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await addMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      addMetadataTrx.rollback();
+      await addMetadataTrx.rollback();
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
           `Failed to store policies ${policiesToString(policies)}`,
         );
       }
-      addMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await addMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      addMetadataTrx.rollback();
+      await addMetadataTrx.rollback();
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
       if (!ok) {
         throw new Error(`failed to create policy ${policyToString(policy)}`);
       }
-      addMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await addMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      addMetadataTrx.rollback();
+      await addMetadataTrx.rollback();
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
           `Failed to store policies ${policiesToString(policies)}`,
         );
       }
-      addMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await addMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      addMetadataTrx.rollback();
+      await addMetadataTrx.rollback();
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
       if (!ok) {
         throw new Error(`fail to delete policy ${policy}`);
       }
-      rmMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await rmMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
+      await rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
           `Failed to delete policies ${policiesToString(policies)}`,
         );
       }
-      rmMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await rmMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
+      await rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
       if (!ok) {
         throw new Error(`Failed to delete policy ${policyToString(policy)}`);
       }
-      rmMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await rmMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
+      await rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
           `Failed to delete grouping policies: ${policiesToString(policies)}`,
         );
       }
-      rmMetadataTrx.commit();
+      await rmMetadataTrx.commit();
     } catch (err) {
-      rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
+      await rmMetadataTrx.rollback(err);
       throw err;
     }
   }
@@ -265,4 +265,26 @@ export class EnforcerDelegate {
   ): Promise<PermissionPolicyMetadataDao[]> {
     return await this.metadataStorage.findPolicyMetadataBySource(source);
   }
+
+  async getPoliciesWithoutSource(): Promise<string[][]> {
+    const policiesWithoutSource: string[][] = [];
+    const allPolicies = await this.enforcer.getPolicy();
+    for (const policy of allPolicies) {
+      const sourcePolicy =
+        await this.metadataStorage.findPolicyMetadata(policy);
+      if (!sourcePolicy) {
+        policiesWithoutSource.push(policy);
+      }
+    }
+    return policiesWithoutSource;
+  }
+
+  async migratePreexistingPolicies(enforcer: Enforcer): Promise<void> {
+    const policies = await this.getPoliciesWithoutSource();
+
+    for (const policy of policies) {
+      await enforcer.removePolicy(...policy);
+      await this.addPolicy(policy, 'legacy');
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/permission-policy.ts b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/permission-policy.ts
index 785094b76d..52fcf96436 100644
--- a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/permission-policy.ts
+++ b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/permission-policy.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ async function addRoleMetadata(
   }
 }
 
+const legacyPolicies = async (enf: EnforcerDelegate, policy: string[]) => {
+  if (
+    (await enf.hasPolicy(...policy)) &&
+    (await enf.getMetadata(policy)).source === 'legacy'
+  ) {
+    await enf.removePolicy(policy);
+  }
+};
+
 const useAdmins = async (
   admins: Config[],
   enf: EnforcerDelegate,
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ const useAdmins = async (
   if (!adminRoleMeta) {
     const trx = await knex.transaction();
     await roleMetadataStorage.createRoleMetadata(
-      { source: 'default' },
+      { source: 'configuration' },
       adminRoleName,
       trx,
     );
@@ -71,15 +80,20 @@ const useAdmins = async (
   });
 
   const adminReadPermission = [adminRoleName, 'policy-entity', 'read', 'allow'];
+
+  await legacyPolicies(enf, adminReadPermission);
   if (!(await enf.hasPolicy(...adminReadPermission))) {
     await enf.addPolicy(adminReadPermission, 'configuration');
   }
+
   const adminCreatePermission = [
     adminRoleName,
     'policy-entity',
     'create',
     'allow',
   ];
+
+  await legacyPolicies(enf, adminCreatePermission);
   if (!(await enf.hasPolicy(...adminCreatePermission))) {
     await enf.addPolicy(adminCreatePermission, 'configuration');
   }
@@ -90,6 +104,8 @@ const useAdmins = async (
     'delete',
     'allow',
   ];
+
+  await legacyPolicies(enf, adminDeletePermission);
   if (!(await enf.hasPolicy(...adminDeletePermission))) {
     await enf.addPolicy(adminDeletePermission, 'configuration');
   }
@@ -100,6 +116,8 @@ const useAdmins = async (
     'update',
     'allow',
   ];
+
+  await legacyPolicies(enf, adminUpdatePermission);
   if (!(await enf.hasPolicy(...adminUpdatePermission))) {
     await enf.addPolicy(adminUpdatePermission, 'configuration');
   }
@@ -166,6 +184,9 @@ const addPredefinedPoliciesAndGroupPolicies = async (
         `Failed to validate policy from file ${preDefinedPoliciesFile}. Cause: ${err.message}`,
       );
     }
+
+    await legacyPolicies(enf, policy);
+
     if (!(await enf.hasPolicy(...policy))) {
       await enf.addPolicy(policy, 'csv-file');
     }
diff --git a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/policy-builder.ts b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/policy-builder.ts
index 9023dba66c..3874a7384b 100644
--- a/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/policy-builder.ts
+++ b/plugins/rbac-backend/src/service/policy-builder.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ export class PolicyBuilder {
       knex,
     );
 
+    await enforcerDelegate.migratePreexistingPolicies(enf);
+
     const options: RouterOptions = {
       config: env.config,
       logger: env.logger,
diff --git a/plugins/rbac-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/rbac-common/src/types.ts
index 07d92ae420..d8c5c73c11 100644
--- a/plugins/rbac-common/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/rbac-common/src/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 export type Source =
   | 'rest' // created via REST API
   | 'csv-file' // created via policies-csv-file with defined path in the application configuration
-  | 'configuration'; // created from application configuration
+  | 'configuration' // created from application configuration
+  | 'legacy'; // preexisting policies
 
 export type RoleSource = Source | 'default'; // hard coded in the plugin code