diff --git a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/IdentityUserContext.cs b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/IdentityUserContext.cs
index 60a3d5d887d3..52e1a5c9b17f 100644
--- a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/IdentityUserContext.cs
+++ b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/src/IdentityUserContext.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ protected IdentityUserContext() { }
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the schema version used for versioning.
     /// </summary>
+    [Obsolete("SchemaVersion is not used by IdentityUserContext. Configure the schema version using IdentityOptions.Stores.SchemaVersion instead.")]
     protected virtual Version SchemaVersion { get => GetStoreOptions()?.SchemaVersion ?? IdentitySchemaVersions.Version1; }
 
     private StoreOptions? GetStoreOptions() => this.GetService<IDbContextOptions>()
diff --git a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/test/EF.Test/VersionTestDbContext.cs b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/test/EF.Test/VersionTestDbContext.cs
index 8e4ed3143493..56b6ee86dbcf 100644
--- a/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/test/EF.Test/VersionTestDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/Identity/EntityFrameworkCore/test/EF.Test/VersionTestDbContext.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ public EmptyDbContext(DbContextOptions options)
 
     protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
     {
-        if (SchemaVersion >= new Version(10, 0))
+        var storeOptions = this.GetService<Microsoft.Extensions.Options.IOptions<IdentityOptions>>()?.Value?.Stores;
+        var schemaVersion = storeOptions?.SchemaVersion ?? IdentitySchemaVersions.Version1;
+
+        if (schemaVersion >= new Version(10, 0))
         {
             builder.Ignore<IdentityUser>();
 
@@ -84,7 +87,10 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder builder)
     {
         base.OnModelCreating(builder);
 
-        if (SchemaVersion >= new Version(3, 0))
+        var storeOptions = this.GetService<Microsoft.Extensions.Options.IOptions<IdentityOptions>>()?.Value?.Stores;
+        var schemaVersion = storeOptions?.SchemaVersion ?? IdentitySchemaVersions.Version1;
+
+        if (schemaVersion >= new Version(3, 0))
         {
             builder.Entity<CustomColumn>(b =>
             {