diff --git a/database/migrations/2025_09_14_000000_create_component_checks_table.php b/database/migrations/2025_09_14_000000_create_component_checks_table.php
index ec78651f..4f3d92d4 100644
--- a/database/migrations/2025_09_14_000000_create_component_checks_table.php
+++ b/database/migrations/2025_09_14_000000_create_component_checks_table.php
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ public function up(): void
     {
         Schema::create('component_checks', function (Blueprint $table) {
             $table->id();
-            $table->foreignId('component_id')->constrained('components')->cascadeOnDelete();
+            $table->unsignedInteger('component_id');
             $table->unsignedTinyInteger('status');
             $table->boolean('successful')->default(false);
             $table->unsignedSmallInteger('response_code')->nullable();
             $table->unsignedInteger('response_time')->nullable();
             $table->timestamp('checked_at');
             $table->timestamps();
+
+            $table->foreign('component_id')->references('id')->on('components')->cascadeOnDelete();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Migrations/CreateComponentChecksTableTest.php b/tests/Unit/Migrations/CreateComponentChecksTableTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd7b34dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Unit/Migrations/CreateComponentChecksTableTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Grammars\MySqlGrammar;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+
+it('uses a component foreign key type compatible with the components table', function () {
+    $migration = require dirname(__DIR__, 3).'/database/migrations/2025_09_14_000000_create_component_checks_table.php';
+    $sql = [];
+
+    Schema::shouldReceive('create')
+        ->once()
+        ->with('component_checks', \Mockery::on(function (callable $callback) use (&$sql): bool {
+            $connection = new MySqlConnection(new \PDO('sqlite::memory:'), 'testing');
+            $grammar = new MySqlGrammar($connection);
+            $blueprint = new Blueprint('component_checks');
+
+            $blueprint->create();
+            $callback($blueprint);
+
+            $sql = $blueprint->toSql($connection, $grammar);
+
+            return true;
+        }));
+
+    $migration->up();
+
+    $compiledSql = implode("\n", $sql);
+
+    expect($compiledSql)
+        ->toContain('`component_id` int unsigned not null')
+        ->not->toContain('`component_id` bigint unsigned not null');
+});