diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5e85570055b0..7b3e54ff1fc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2419,7 +2419,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bridge-hub-westend-runtime"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bp-asset-hub-rococo",
  "bp-asset-hub-westend",
diff --git a/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/Cargo.toml
index 67d4eff0f7fe..e0ad1acc0476 100644
--- a/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bridge-hub-westend-runtime"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 description = "Westend's BridgeHub parachain runtime"
diff --git a/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/src/lib.rs b/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/src/lib.rs
index ddd40dbf60e0..bdac664ee431 100644
--- a/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cumulus/parachains/runtimes/bridge-hubs/bridge-hub-westend/src/lib.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ use snowbridge_core::{
 use testnet_parachains_constants::westend::{consensus::*, currency::*, fee::WeightToFee, time::*};
 use xcm::VersionedLocation;
 
+use westend_runtime_constants::system_parachain::{ASSET_HUB_ID, BRIDGE_HUB_ID};
+
 /// The address format for describing accounts.
 pub type Address = MultiAddress<AccountId, ()>;
 
@@ -152,6 +154,11 @@ pub type Migrations = (
 	>,
 	// permanent
 	pallet_xcm::migration::MigrateToLatestXcmVersion<Runtime>,
+	snowbridge_pallet_system::migration::v0::InitializeOnUpgrade<
+		Runtime,
+		ConstU32<BRIDGE_HUB_ID>,
+		ConstU32<ASSET_HUB_ID>,
+	>,
 );
 
 parameter_types! {
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: create_runtime_str!("bridge-hub-westend"),
 	impl_name: create_runtime_str!("bridge-hub-westend"),
 	authoring_version: 1,
-	spec_version: 1_016_000,
+	spec_version: 1_016_001,
 	impl_version: 0,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 	transaction_version: 5,
diff --git a/prdoc/pr_5747.prdoc b/prdoc/pr_5747.prdoc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee786db658c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prdoc/pr_5747.prdoc
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+title: "Snowbridge runtime migration on Westend"
+
+doc:
+  - audience: Runtime Dev
+    description: |
+      This is a backport for https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/pull/5074 which missed 
+      the runtime migration to initialize channels of the bridge.
+
+crates:
+  - name: bridge-hub-westend-runtime
+    bump: patch
+  
+