diff --git a/tests/custom_columns/models.py b/tests/custom_columns/models.py
index 378a00182011..2ac4f29fdd70 100644
--- a/tests/custom_columns/models.py
+++ b/tests/custom_columns/models.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def __str__(self):
 class Article(models.Model):
     Article_ID = models.AutoField(primary_key=True, db_column="Article ID")
     headline = models.CharField(max_length=100)
-    authors = models.ManyToManyField(Author, db_table="my_m2m_table")
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField("Author", through="ArticleAuthor")
     primary_author = models.ForeignKey(
         Author,
         models.SET_NULL,
@@ -48,3 +48,12 @@ class Meta:
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.headline
+
+
+class ArticleAuthor(models.Model):
+    article = models.ForeignKey(Article, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    author = models.ForeignKey(Author, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = (('article', 'author'),)
+        db_table = "my_m2m_table"
diff --git a/tests/custom_columns/tests.py b/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
index 1b211b4c0946..849b0559a649 100644
--- a/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
+++ b/tests/custom_columns/tests.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_filter_first_name(self):
     def test_field_error(self):
         msg = (
             "Cannot resolve keyword 'firstname' into field. Choices are: "
-            "Author_ID, article, first_name, last_name, primary_set"
+            "Author_ID, article, articleauthor, first_name, last_name, primary_set"
         )
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(FieldError, msg):
             Author.objects.filter(firstname__exact="John")
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def test_author_get(self):
     def test_filter_on_nonexistent_field(self):
         msg = (
             "Cannot resolve keyword 'firstname' into field. Choices are: "
-            "Author_ID, article, first_name, last_name, primary_set"
+            "Author_ID, article, articleauthor, first_name, last_name, primary_set"
         )
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(FieldError, msg):
             Author.objects.filter(firstname__exact="John")
diff --git a/tests/datetimes/models.py b/tests/datetimes/models.py
index 9c8e5e6cd9d9..3e1934b47002 100644
--- a/tests/datetimes/models.py
+++ b/tests/datetimes/models.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ class Article(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
     pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
     published_on = models.DateField(null=True)
-
-    categories = models.ManyToManyField("Category", related_name="articles")
+    categories = models.ManyToManyField("Category", related_name="articles", through="ArticleCategory")
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
@@ -24,3 +23,13 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 class Category(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+
+class ArticleCategory(models.Model):
+    article = models.ForeignKey(Article, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    category = models.ForeignKey(Category, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = (('article', 'category'),)
+        db_table = "datetimes_article_category"
+        
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