diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8732600db003cf7f04ed9046ff1ef80f3e2f1624..c0468f1bdd487245c6f952777b67a6eccd84322e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ test =
     pytest-cov
     pytest-django
     pytest-freezegun
+    django-test-migrations
     model-bakery
     lxml
     flake8
@@ -86,6 +87,5 @@ omit =
     manage.py
     castellum/wsgi.py
     castellum/settings/*
-    castellum/*/migrations/*
 skip_covered = True
 skip_empty = True
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 99e1cae9b402af875b47192267958201202ed615..3b6b622e13615d471dd9b7684ef844cab232bfba 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ baker.generators.add(
 TestCase.databases = ['default', 'contacts']
 
 
+def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items):
+    # run migration tests last so they do not interfere with session scoped data
+    items.sort(key=lambda item: 'migrator_factory' in getattr(item, 'fixturenames', []))
+
+
 def create_user(group_name):
     future = timezone.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=10000)
     user = baker.make(User, expiration_date=future, email='test@example.com')
diff --git a/tests/markers.py b/tests/markers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..48c805c6e468d737d87a513648335bf66c789904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import pytest
+from pkg_resources import parse_version
+
+import castellum
+
+
+def skip_old_migration(next_version):
+    return pytest.mark.skipif(
+        parse_version(castellum.__version__) >= parse_version(next_version),
+        reason='test for old migration',
+    )
diff --git a/tests/subjects/migrations/test_0028_alter_subject_uuid.py b/tests/subjects/migrations/test_0028_alter_subject_uuid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6e3d2da373a234cb240cc04bcb1a67c0caf7fbb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/subjects/migrations/test_0028_alter_subject_uuid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import pytest
+from model_bakery import baker
+
+from tests.markers import skip_old_migration
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@skip_old_migration('0.68')
+def test_keep_uuid(migrator):
+    old_state = migrator.apply_initial_migration(('subjects', '0027_rename_subject_slug_to_uuid'))
+    Subject = old_state.apps.get_model('subjects', 'Subject')
+    subject = baker.make(Subject)
+    uuid = subject.uuid
+
+    new_state = migrator.apply_tested_migration(('subjects', '0028_alter_subject_uuid'))
+    Subject = new_state.apps.get_model('subjects', 'Subject')
+    subject = Subject.objects.first()
+
+    assert str(subject.uuid) == uuid
+
+    migrator.reset()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+@skip_old_migration('0.68')
+def test_many_subjects(migrator):
+    old_state = migrator.apply_initial_migration(('subjects', '0027_rename_subject_slug_to_uuid'))
+    Subject = old_state.apps.get_model('subjects', 'Subject')
+    baker.make(Subject, _quantity=100)
+
+    migrator.apply_tested_migration(('subjects', '0028_alter_subject_uuid'))
+    migrator.reset()