diff --git a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
index 9c61879a877aa906e0949801d6f131d2b05fe3e8..02be583d683e744dc4fef186a10971960346de9f 100644
--- a/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/repository/dependency-dashboard.ts
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ export async function ensureDependencyDashboard(
   }
   let issueBody = '';
 
+  if (config.dependencyDashboardHeader?.length) {
+    issueBody +=
+      template.compile(config.dependencyDashboardHeader, config) + '\n\n';
+  }
+
   if (configMigrationRes.result === 'pr-exists') {
     issueBody +=
       '## Config Migration Needed\n\n' +
@@ -301,11 +306,6 @@ export async function ensureDependencyDashboard(
       '\n\n';
   }
 
-  if (config.dependencyDashboardHeader?.length) {
-    issueBody +=
-      template.compile(config.dependencyDashboardHeader, config) + '\n\n';
-  }
-
   issueBody = appendRepoProblems(config, issueBody);
 
   if (hasDeprecations) {