diff --git a/lib/in_progress_form_status_default.rb b/lib/in_progress_form_status_default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7ec746d57d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/in_progress_form_status_default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module DataMigrations
+  module InProgressFormStatusDefault
+    module_function
+
+    def run
+      InProgressForm.where(status: nil).update_all(status: 'pending') # rubocop:disable Rails/SkipsModelValidations
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/rakelib/in_progress_forms_status_change.rake b/rakelib/in_progress_forms_status_change.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d5f6d06691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rakelib/in_progress_forms_status_change.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+namespace :data_migration do
+  task in_progress_forms_status: :environment do
+    DataMigrations::InProgressFormStatusDefault.run
+  end
+end