diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 3af04370..88762e76 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 pytest
 pytest-django
 pytest-mock
 swh.scheduler[testing]
 swh.loader.core[testing]
 pytest-postgresql >= 2.1.0
 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
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py b/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..756517db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests_migration/test_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# 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. Then
+# assert something is not there, trigger the next migration and check the last state is
+# as expected. That's what's the following scenarios do.
+
+
+def test_migrations_20_rename_swhid_column_in_deposit_model(migrator):
+    """Ensures the 20 migration renames appropriately the swh_id* Deposit columns"""
+
+    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
+
+    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 the 21 migration adds the origin_url field to the Deposit table"""
+
+    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
+
+    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