diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index be5614520a5..d0805125a42 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -248,6 +248,21 @@ bundler:audit:
   script:
     - "bundle exec bundle-audit check --update --ignore OSVDB-115941"
 
+migration paths:
+  stage: test
+  <<: *use-db
+  only:
+    - master@gitlab-org/gitlab-ce
+  script:
+    - git checkout HEAD .
+    - git fetch --tags
+    - git checkout v8.5.9
+    - 'echo test: unix:/var/opt/gitlab/redis/redis.socket > config/resque.yml'
+    - bundle install --without postgres production --jobs $(nproc) "${FLAGS[@]}" --retry=3
+    - rake db:drop db:create db:schema:load db:seed_fu
+    - git checkout $CI_BUILD_REF
+    - rake db:migrate
+
 coverage:
   stage: post-test
   services: []
@@ -263,7 +278,6 @@ coverage:
     - coverage/index.html
     - coverage/assets/
 
-
 # Notify slack in the end
 
 notify:slack:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f54a17e1ea2..642937d5940 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ v 8.12.0 (unreleased)
   - Add white background for no readme container (ClemMakesApps)
   - API: Expose issue confidentiality flag. (Robert Schilling)
   - Fix markdown anchor icon interaction (ClemMakesApps)
+  - Test migration paths from 8.5 until current release !4874
   - Optimistic locking for Issues and Merge Requests (title and description overriding prevention)
   - Add `wiki_page_events` to project hook APIs (Ben Boeckel)
   - Remove Gitorious import