diff --git a/db/docs/push_rules.yml b/db/docs/push_rules.yml
index 8b9d9407fd34729e4884d2d1e86084350af67b09..ba5c3a988005e3bfe999ff8ac34d32722a462668 100644
--- a/db/docs/push_rules.yml
+++ b/db/docs/push_rules.yml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ description: TODO
 introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/commit/1b98b5ab97ce3e9997df542059cbf3c6ce0bf0e1
 milestone: '8.10'
 gitlab_schema: gitlab_main_cell
-sharding_key_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/490488
 table_size: small
+sharding_key:
+  project_id: projects
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/database/sharding_key_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/database/sharding_key_spec.rb
index 393e8dd779836a2696a5458e0328dae3b50ca4a0..aeafd041938d5dec582ee9dbde607c41eb6dfc4d 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/database/sharding_key_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/database/sharding_key_spec.rb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       *['labels.project_id', 'labels.group_id'], # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/434356
       'member_roles.namespace_id', # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/444161
       *['todos.project_id', 'todos.group_id'],
+      'push_rules.project_id',
       *uploads_and_partitions
     ]
   end