diff --git a/lib/db/install.xml b/lib/db/install.xml
index 13561092232..bc1ecafb53c 100644
--- a/lib/db/install.xml
+++ b/lib/db/install.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
-<XMLDB PATH="lib/db" VERSION="20241205" COMMENT="XMLDB file for core Moodle tables"
+<XMLDB PATH="lib/db" VERSION="20250312" COMMENT="XMLDB file for core Moodle tables"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../lib/xmldb/xmldb.xsd"
 >
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
       </KEYS>
       <INDEXES>
         <INDEX NAME="course_section" UNIQUE="true" FIELDS="course, section"/>
+        <INDEX NAME="component_itemid" UNIQUE="false" FIELDS="component, itemid" COMMENT="necessary for querying delegated sections"/>
       </INDEXES>
     </TABLE>
     <TABLE NAME="course_request" COMMENT="course requests">
diff --git a/lib/db/upgrade.php b/lib/db/upgrade.php
index 5f4cac9ccd7..8d860f0be38 100644
--- a/lib/db/upgrade.php
+++ b/lib/db/upgrade.php
@@ -1587,5 +1587,18 @@ function xmldb_main_upgrade($oldversion) {
         // Main savepoint reached.
         upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2025031100.01);
     }
+
+    if ($oldversion < 2025031800.00) {
+        // Add index for querying delegated sections.
+        $table = new xmldb_table('course_sections');
+        $index = new xmldb_index('component_itemid', XMLDB_INDEX_NOTUNIQUE, ['component', 'itemid']);
+
+        if (!$dbman->index_exists($table, $index)) {
+            $dbman->add_index($table, $index);
+        }
+        // Main savepoint reached.
+        upgrade_main_savepoint(true, 2025031800.00);
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 6160f8da8cc..173f2de24fd 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$version  = 2025031500.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
+$version  = 2025031800.00;              // YYYYMMDD      = weekly release date of this DEV branch.
                                         //         RR    = release increments - 00 in DEV branches.
                                         //           .XX = incremental changes.
 $release  = '5.0dev+ (Build: 20250315)';    // Human-friendly version name