diff --git a/modules/metastore/metastore.deploy.php b/modules/metastore/metastore.deploy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1917851ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/metastore/metastore.deploy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Deploy hooks for the metastore module.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Update the dkan_json_form_widget field widget settings.
+ */
+function metastore_deploy_1001(&$sandbox) {
+  // Retrieve the entity form display settings for the 'data' content type.
+  $entity_form_display = \Drupal::service('config.factory')
+    ->getEditable('core.entity_form_display.node.data.default');
+  // Update the 'dkan_json_form_widget' field widget settings.
+  $settings = $entity_form_display->get('content.field_json_metadata');
+  if (empty($settings)) {
+    return "No settings found for 'field_json_metadata'.";
+  }
+  if ($settings['type'] == 'json_form_widget') {
+    $settings['type'] = 'dkan_json_form_widget';
+    $entity_form_display->set('content.field_json_metadata', $settings)->save(TRUE);
+    return "Updated 'field_json_metadata' to use 'dkan_json_form_widget'.";
+  }
+  return "No changes were necessary. Nothing was updated.";
+}
diff --git a/modules/metastore/metastore.install b/modules/metastore/metastore.install
index 38fc49f8cd..58f3fc89d4 100644
--- a/modules/metastore/metastore.install
+++ b/modules/metastore/metastore.install
@@ -168,16 +168,7 @@ function metastore_update_8010() {
  * Update the dkan_json_form_widget field widget settings.
  */
 function metastore_update_8011() {
-  // Retrieve the entity form display settings for the 'data' content type.
-  $entity_form_display = \Drupal::service('config.factory')
-    ->getEditable('core.entity_form_display.node.data.default');
-  // Update the 'dkan_json_form_widget' field widget settings.
-  $settings = $entity_form_display->get('content.field_json_metadata');
-  if (empty($settings)) {
-    return "No settings found for 'field_json_metadata'.";
-  }
-  if ($settings['type'] == 'json_form_widget') {
-    $settings['type'] = 'dkan_json_form_widget';
-    $entity_form_display->set('content.field_json_metadata', $settings)->save(TRUE);
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  // All code moved to metastore_deploy_switch_to_dkan_json_form_widget
+  // This is only here to ensure the update number is preserved.
+  return 'Made no changes, they are deferred to happen in a deploy hook.';
+}