diff --git a/requirements-swh-server.txt b/requirements-swh-server.txt
--- a/requirements-swh-server.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh-server.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-swh.core[http] >= 0.4
+swh.core[http,db] >= 0.4
 swh.loader.core >= 0.0.71
 swh.scheduler >= 0.7.0
 swh.model >= 0.3.8
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 requests_mock
 django-stubs
 djangorestframework-stubs >= 1.4
+django-test-migrations
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests_migration/__init__.py b/swh/deposit/tests_migration/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py b/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2021 The Software Heritage developers
+# See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
+# License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
+# See top-level LICENSE file for more information
+
+# Quick note: Django migrations already depend on one another. So to migrate a schema up
+# to a point, it's enough to migrate the model to the last but one migration
+
+
+def test_migrations_20_rename_swhid_column_in_deposit_model(migrator):
+    """Ensures that renaming the model deposit's fields swh_id* is ok."""
+
+    old_state = migrator.apply_initial_migration(("deposit", "0019_auto_20200519_1035"))
+    old_deposit = old_state.apps.get_model("deposit", "Deposit")
+
+    assert hasattr(old_deposit, "swh_id") is True
+    assert hasattr(old_deposit, "swhid") is False
+    assert hasattr(old_deposit, "swh_id_context") is True
+    assert hasattr(old_deposit, "swhid_context") is False
+
+    # Check that the last migration adds the origin_url field to the model Deposit
+
+    new_state = migrator.apply_tested_migration(
+        ("deposit", "0021_deposit_origin_url_20201124_1438")
+    )
+    new_deposit = new_state.apps.get_model("deposit", "Deposit")
+
+    assert hasattr(new_deposit, "swh_id") is False
+    assert hasattr(new_deposit, "swhid") is True
+    assert hasattr(new_deposit, "swh_id_context") is False
+    assert hasattr(new_deposit, "swhid_context") is True
+
+
+def test_migrations_21_add_origin_url_column_to_deposit_model(migrator):
+    """Ensures that adding the origin_url field to the model deposit is ok."""
+
+    old_state = migrator.apply_initial_migration(("deposit", "0020_auto_20200929_0855"))
+    old_deposit = old_state.apps.get_model("deposit", "Deposit")
+
+    assert hasattr(old_deposit, "origin_url") is False
+
+    # Check that the last migration adds the origin_url field to the model Deposit
+
+    new_state = migrator.apply_tested_migration(
+        ("deposit", "0021_deposit_origin_url_20201124_1438")
+    )
+    new_deposit = new_state.apps.get_model("deposit", "Deposit")
+
+    assert hasattr(new_deposit, "origin_url") is True