diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
index aa9ad78fbcce7..0e0f49f2d08d6 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dag.py
@@ -2193,6 +2193,7 @@ class DagModel(Base):
 
     has_task_concurrency_limits = Column(Boolean, nullable=False)
     has_import_errors = Column(Boolean(), default=False, server_default="0")
+    test_field = Column(String(2000), nullable=True)
 
     # The logical date of the next dag run.
     next_dagrun = Column(UtcDateTime)
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/utils/test_db.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/utils/test_db.py
index cf69275025330..79b98e594d3f2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/utils/test_db.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/utils/test_db.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from alembic.autogenerate import compare_metadata
+from alembic.command import check
 from alembic.config import Config
 from alembic.migration import MigrationContext
 from alembic.runtime.environment import EnvironmentContext
@@ -305,3 +306,13 @@ def test_downgrade_raises_if_lower_than_v3_0_0_and_no_ab_user(self, mock_inspect
         )
         with pytest.raises(AirflowException, match=re.escape(msg)):
             downgrade(to_revision=_REVISION_HEADS_MAP["2.7.0"])
+
+    def test_has_pending_upgrade_ops(self):
+        with mock.patch.dict(
+            os.environ, {"AIRFLOW__DATABASE__ALEMBIC_INI_FILE_PATH": "/tmp/alembic.ini"}, clear=True
+        ):
+            config = _get_alembic_config()
+            assert config.config_file_name == "/tmp/alembic.ini"
+
+        config = _get_alembic_config()
+        check(config)