diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
index f0d9e46eb..7081402c7 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/graph/state.py
@@ -1101,6 +1101,7 @@ class CompiledStateGraph(
 
     def _migrate_checkpoint(self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) -> None:
         """Migrate a checkpoint to new channel layout."""
+        super()._migrate_checkpoint(checkpoint)
 
         values = checkpoint["channel_values"]
         versions = checkpoint["channel_versions"]
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
index 3ee6420fa..aef5c7ce3 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/langgraph/pregel/__init__.py
@@ -908,7 +908,12 @@ class Pregel(PregelProtocol[StateT, InputT, OutputT], Generic[StateT, InputT, Ou
 
     def _migrate_checkpoint(self, checkpoint: Checkpoint) -> None:
         """Migrate a saved checkpoint to new channel layout."""
-        pass
+        if checkpoint["v"] < 4 and checkpoint.get("pending_sends"):
+            pending_sends: list[Send] = checkpoint.pop("pending_sends")
+            checkpoint["channel_values"][TASKS] = pending_sends
+            checkpoint["channel_versions"][TASKS] = max(
+                checkpoint["channel_versions"].values()
+            )
 
     def _prepare_state_snapshot(
         self,
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest.py
index c6226cb72..269c3e66b 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from langgraph.checkpoint.base import BaseCheckpointSaver
 from langgraph.store.base import BaseStore
 from tests.conftest_checkpointer import (
     _checkpointer_memory,
+    _checkpointer_memory_migrate_sends,
     _checkpointer_postgres,
     _checkpointer_postgres_aio,
     _checkpointer_postgres_aio_pipe,
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ async def async_store(request: pytest.FixtureRequest) -> AsyncIterator[BaseStore
     if NO_DOCKER
     else [
         "memory",
+        "memory_migrate_sends",
         "sqlite",
         "sqlite_aes",
         "postgres",
@@ -139,6 +141,9 @@ def sync_checkpointer(
     if checkpointer_name == "memory":
         with _checkpointer_memory() as checkpointer:
             yield checkpointer
+    elif checkpointer_name == "memory_migrate_sends":
+        with _checkpointer_memory_migrate_sends() as checkpointer:
+            yield checkpointer
     elif checkpointer_name == "sqlite":
         with _checkpointer_sqlite() as checkpointer:
             yield checkpointer
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest_checkpointer.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest_checkpointer.py
index ba15a8251..deb8802f4 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest_checkpointer.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/conftest_checkpointer.py
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ from langgraph.checkpoint.sqlite.aio import AsyncSqliteSaver
 
 pytest.register_assert_rewrite("tests.memory_assert")
 
-from tests.memory_assert import MemorySaverAssertImmutable  # noqa: E402
+from tests.memory_assert import (  # noqa: E402
+    MemorySaverAssertImmutable,
+    MemorySaverNeedsPendingSendsMigration,
+)
 
 DEFAULT_POSTGRES_URI = "postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5442/"
 
@@ -24,6 +27,11 @@ def _checkpointer_memory():
     yield MemorySaverAssertImmutable()
 
 
+@contextmanager
+def _checkpointer_memory_migrate_sends():
+    yield MemorySaverNeedsPendingSendsMigration()
+
+
 @contextmanager
 def _checkpointer_sqlite():
     with SqliteSaver.from_conn_string(":memory:") as checkpointer:
@@ -187,6 +195,7 @@ async def _checkpointer_postgres_aio_pool():
 
 __all__ = [
     "_checkpointer_memory",
+    "_checkpointer_memory_migrate_sends",
     "_checkpointer_sqlite",
     "_checkpointer_sqlite_aes",
     "_checkpointer_postgres",
diff --git a/libs/langgraph/tests/memory_assert.py b/libs/langgraph/tests/memory_assert.py
index 3a1ef4536..43eb1aee6 100644
--- a/libs/langgraph/tests/memory_assert.py
+++ b/libs/langgraph/tests/memory_assert.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from typing import Any, Optional
 from langchain_core.runnables import RunnableConfig
 
 from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
+    BaseCheckpointSaver,
     ChannelVersions,
     Checkpoint,
     CheckpointMetadata,
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ from langgraph.checkpoint.base import (
     SerializerProtocol,
 )
 from langgraph.checkpoint.memory import InMemorySaver, PersistentDict
+from langgraph.constants import TASKS
 
 
 class NoopSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
@@ -24,6 +26,28 @@ class NoopSerializer(SerializerProtocol):
         return "type", obj
 
 
+class MemorySaverNeedsPendingSendsMigration(BaseCheckpointSaver):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.saver = InMemorySaver()
+
+    def __getattribute__(self, name):
+        if name in ("saver", "__class__", "get_tuple"):
+            return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+        return getattr(self.saver, name)
+
+    def get_tuple(self, config):
+        if tup := self.saver.get_tuple(config):
+            if tup.checkpoint["v"] == 4 and tup.checkpoint["channel_values"].get(TASKS):
+                tup.checkpoint["v"] = 3
+                tup.checkpoint["pending_sends"] = tup.checkpoint["channel_values"].pop(
+                    TASKS
+                )
+                tup.checkpoint["channel_versions"].pop(TASKS)
+                for seen in tup.checkpoint["versions_seen"].values():
+                    seen.pop(TASKS, None)
+        return tup
+
+
 class MemorySaverAssertImmutable(InMemorySaver):
     storage_for_copies: defaultdict[str, dict[str, dict[str, Checkpoint]]]