diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerHistoryDdl.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerHistoryDdl.java
index 023dcdc7d..fd4232678 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerHistoryDdl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerHistoryDdl.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class SqlServerHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
     DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
     apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).newLine()
       .append("    add ").append(systemPeriodStart).append(" datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START NOT NULL DEFAULT SYSUTCDATETIME(),").newLine()
-      .append("        ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append("   datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END   NOT NULL,").newLine()
+      .append("        ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append("   datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END   NOT NULL DEFAULT '9999-12-31T23:59:59.9999999',").newLine()
       .append("period for system_time (").append(systemPeriodStart).append(", ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append(")").endOfStatement();
 
     String historyTable = baseTable + "_history"; // history must contain schema, otherwise you'll get