diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d8c2f0c..645ee24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Fixes and improvements
 
 - Fix datetime being reset at every changes
+- Fix account creation with a soft-deleted email
 
 ## v.3.0.0
 
diff --git a/lib/claper/accounts/user.ex b/lib/claper/accounts/user.ex
index abcc923..cf8f427 100644
--- a/lib/claper/accounts/user.ex
+++ b/lib/claper/accounts/user.ex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule Claper.Accounts.User do
   use Ecto.Schema
 
   import Ecto.Changeset
+  import Ecto.Query
 
   @derive {
     Flop.Schema,
@@ -129,7 +130,9 @@ defmodule Claper.Accounts.User do
     |> validate_required([:email])
     |> validate_format(:email, ~r/^[^\s]+@[^\s]+$/, message: "must have the @ sign and no spaces")
     |> validate_length(:email, max: 160)
-    |> unsafe_validate_unique(:email, Claper.Repo)
+    |> unsafe_validate_unique(:email, Claper.Repo,
+      query: from(user in __MODULE__, where: is_nil(user.deleted_at))
+    )
     |> unique_constraint(:email)
   end
 
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20260807052500_allow_reusing_deleted_user_emails.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20260807052500_allow_reusing_deleted_user_emails.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c722e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20260807052500_allow_reusing_deleted_user_emails.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+defmodule Claper.Repo.Migrations.AllowReusingDeletedUserEmails do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def change do
+    drop unique_index(:users, [:email])
+    create unique_index(:users, [:email], where: "deleted_at IS NULL")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/claper/accounts_test.exs b/test/claper/accounts_test.exs
index dea7237..2cbca22 100644
--- a/test/claper/accounts_test.exs
+++ b/test/claper/accounts_test.exs
@@ -186,6 +186,20 @@ defmodule Claper.AccountsTest do
       assert oidc_user.user.first_name == "Local"
       assert oidc_user.user.last_name == "Name"
     end
+
+    test "creates a new account when the previous account with that email was deleted" do
+      deleted_user = user_fixture()
+      assert {:ok, deleted_user} = Accounts.delete_user(deleted_user)
+
+      assert {:ok, oidc_user} =
+               Accounts.get_or_create_user_with_oidc(
+                 oidc_user_attrs(%{email: deleted_user.email})
+               )
+
+      refute oidc_user.user.id == deleted_user.id
+      refute Accounts.deleted?(oidc_user.user)
+      assert Accounts.get_user_by_email(deleted_user.email).id == oidc_user.user.id
+    end
   end
 
   describe "change_user_email/2" do