diff --git a/kobo/apps/reports/report_data.py b/kobo/apps/reports/report_data.py
index 0661ec3324..cb90a15411 100644
--- a/kobo/apps/reports/report_data.py
+++ b/kobo/apps/reports/report_data.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from formpack import FormPack
 
+from kpi.utils.bugfix import repair_file_column_content_and_save
 from kpi.utils.log import logging
 from .constants import (
     FUZZY_VERSION_ID_KEY,
@@ -21,6 +22,10 @@ def build_formpack(asset, submission_stream=None, use_all_form_versions=True):
     are assumed to have been collected with that version of the form.
     """
 
+    # Cope with kobotoolbox/formpack#322, which wrote invalid content into the
+    # database
+    repair_file_column_content_and_save(asset)
+
     if asset.has_deployment:
         if use_all_form_versions:
             _versions = asset.deployed_versions
diff --git a/kpi/models/asset_version.py b/kpi/models/asset_version.py
index eeea8423ad..0bddf9e528 100644
--- a/kpi/models/asset_version.py
+++ b/kpi/models/asset_version.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class AssetVersion(models.Model):
                                               )
     version_content = models.JSONField()
     uid_aliases = models.JSONField(null=True)
+    # Tee hee, `deployed_content` is never written to the database!
+    # TODO: It should be changed to a property instead, no?
     deployed_content = models.JSONField(null=True)
     _deployment_data = models.JSONField(default=dict)
     deployed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
diff --git a/kpi/serializers/v2/asset.py b/kpi/serializers/v2/asset.py
index ebe0b9576d..96e696a780 100644
--- a/kpi/serializers/v2/asset.py
+++ b/kpi/serializers/v2/asset.py
@@ -893,6 +893,7 @@ def validate_settings(self, settings: dict) -> dict:
         return {**self.instance.settings, **settings}
 
     def _content(self, obj):
+        # FIXME: Is this dead code?
         return json.dumps(obj.content)
 
     def _get_status(self, perm_assignments):
diff --git a/kpi/utils/bugfix.py b/kpi/utils/bugfix.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96f0e5be93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kpi/utils/bugfix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
+import datetime
+
+from django.db import transaction
+from formpack.utils.bugfix import repair_file_column_content_in_place
+
+from kpi.models import Asset, AssetVersion
+
+
+def repair_file_column_content_and_save(asset, include_versions=True) -> bool:
+    """
+    Given an `Asset`, repair any damage caused to its `content` and the
+    `version_content` of all related `AssetVersion`s by
+    kobotoolbox/formpack#322, which wrongly transformed the `file` column into
+    `media::file` and included it in the list of translated columns.
+
+    Writes only to the `content` (or `version_content`) field for each modified
+    model instance.
+
+    Returns `True` if any change was made
+    """
+
+    # When was this bug introduced? See formpack commit
+    # 443a8e940756976a9f88fb577dbbc53510726536
+    BAD_TIME = datetime.datetime(
+        2024, 4, 30, 15, 27, 2, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
+    )
+
+    any_change = False
+    with transaction.atomic():
+        # Lock and refetch the latest content to guard against clobbering
+        # concurrent updates
+        content = (
+            Asset.objects.filter(pk=asset.pk, date_modified__gte=BAD_TIME)
+            .select_for_update()
+            .values('content')
+            .first()
+        )
+        if not content:
+            # This asset was not modified recently enough to be affected by
+            # this bug
+            return False
+
+        if repair_file_column_content_in_place(content):
+            Asset.objects.filter(pk=asset.pk).update(content=content)
+            any_change = True
+            # Also update the in-memory asset instance passed to this function
+            asset.content = content
+
+        if not include_versions:
+            return any_change
+
+        # Previous versions of the content may need repair, regardless of
+        # whether or not the current content did
+        for pk, version_content in (
+            asset.asset_versions.filter(date_modified__gte=BAD_TIME)
+            .select_for_update()
+            .values_list('pk', 'version_content')
+        ):
+            if repair_file_column_content_in_place(version_content):
+                AssetVersion.objects.filter(pk=pk).update(
+                    version_content=version_content
+                )
+                any_change = True
+
+        return any_change
diff --git a/kpi/views/v2/asset.py b/kpi/views/v2/asset.py
index 36845e5401..1e70df08ca 100644
--- a/kpi/views/v2/asset.py
+++ b/kpi/views/v2/asset.py
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@
     AssetListSerializer,
     AssetSerializer,
 )
-from kpi.utils.hash import calculate_hash
 from kpi.serializers.v2.reports import ReportsDetailSerializer
+from kpi.utils.bugfix import repair_file_column_content_and_save
+from kpi.utils.hash import calculate_hash
 from kpi.utils.kobo_to_xlsform import to_xlsform_structure
 from kpi.utils.ss_structure_to_mdtable import ss_structure_to_mdtable
 from kpi.utils.object_permission import (
@@ -403,6 +404,16 @@ def get_object(self):
                 raise Http404
 
             self.check_object_permissions(self.request, asset)
+
+            # Cope with kobotoolbox/formpack#322, which wrote invalid content
+            # into the database. For performance, consider only the current
+            # content, not previous versions. Previous versions are handled in
+            # `kobo.apps.reports.report_data.build_formpack()`
+            if self.request.method == 'GET':
+                repair_file_column_content_and_save(
+                    asset, include_versions=False
+                )
+
             return asset
 
         return super().get_object()