diff --git a/snuba/migrations/operations.py b/snuba/migrations/operations.py
index cc167d0b3c..d4f0e2ea03 100644
--- a/snuba/migrations/operations.py
+++ b/snuba/migrations/operations.py
@@ -517,15 +517,18 @@ def __init__(
         table_name: str,
         index_name: str,
         target: OperationTarget = OperationTarget.UNSET,
+        run_async: bool = False,
     ):
         super().__init__(storage_set, target=target)
         self.__table_name = table_name
         self.__index_name = index_name
+        self.__run_async = run_async
 
     def format_sql(self) -> str:
-        return (
-            f"ALTER TABLE {self.__table_name} DROP INDEX IF EXISTS {self.__index_name};"
-        )
+        settings = ""
+        if self.__run_async:
+            settings = " SETTINGS mutations_sync=0"
+        return f"ALTER TABLE {self.__table_name} DROP INDEX IF EXISTS {self.__index_name}{settings};"
 
 
 class DropIndices(SqlOperation):
diff --git a/snuba/snuba_migrations/events_analytics_platform/0008_drop_index_attribute_key_bucket_0.py b/snuba/snuba_migrations/events_analytics_platform/0008_drop_index_attribute_key_bucket_0.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bbd2e70dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snuba/snuba_migrations/events_analytics_platform/0008_drop_index_attribute_key_bucket_0.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from typing import Sequence
+
+from snuba.clusters.storage_sets import StorageSetKey
+from snuba.migrations import migration, operations
+
+
+class Migration(migration.ClickhouseNodeMigration):
+    blocking = False
+
+    def forwards_ops(self) -> Sequence[operations.SqlOperation]:
+        return [
+            operations.DropIndex(
+                storage_set=StorageSetKey.EVENTS_ANALYTICS_PLATFORM,
+                table_name="eap_spans_local",
+                index_name=index_name,
+                target=operations.OperationTarget.LOCAL,
+                run_async=True,
+            )
+            for bucket in {0}
+            for index_name in {f"bf_attr_num_{bucket}", f"bf_attr_str_{bucket}"}
+        ]
+
+    def backwards_ops(self) -> Sequence[operations.SqlOperation]:
+        return []
diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_operations.py b/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
index 529a6733ab..d492be3d2c 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
@@ -171,6 +171,15 @@ def test_drop_index() -> None:
     )
 
 
+def test_drop_index_async() -> None:
+    assert (
+        DropIndex(
+            StorageSetKey.EVENTS, "test_table", "index_1", run_async=True
+        ).format_sql()
+        == "ALTER TABLE test_table DROP INDEX IF EXISTS index_1 SETTINGS mutations_sync=0;"
+    )
+
+
 def test_insert_into_select() -> None:
     assert (
         InsertIntoSelect(