diff --git a/djangocms_navigation/compat.py b/djangocms_navigation/compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f2c5cad01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangocms_navigation/compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import django
+
+from packaging.version import Version
+
+
+DJANGO_4_2 = Version(django.get_version()) >= Version('4.2')
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index d91484b01..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import django
-
-from cms.test_utils.testcases import CMSTestCase
-
-
-if django.VERSION < (4, 2):  # TODO: remove when dropping support for Django < 4.2
-    CMSTestCase.assertQuerySetEqual = CMSTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual
diff --git a/tests/test_admin.py b/tests/test_admin.py
index b5341df91..f0a64ef5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import sys
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
-import django
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.contrib.messages import get_messages
@@ -29,14 +28,15 @@
     MenuItemAdmin,
     MenuItemChangeList,
 )
+from djangocms_navigation.compat import DJANGO_4_2
 from djangocms_navigation.models import Menu, MenuContent, MenuItem
 from djangocms_navigation.test_utils import factories
 
 from .utils import UsefulAssertsMixin, disable_versioning_for_navigation
 
 
-version = list(map(int, django.__version__.split('.')))
-GTE_DJ21 = version[0] >= 2 and version[1] >= 1
+if not DJANGO_4_2:
+    CMSTestCase.assertQuerySetEqual = CMSTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual
 
 
 class MenuItemChangelistTestCase(CMSTestCase):
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def _get_changelist_instance(self, menu_content):
         request.user = self.get_superuser()
         model_admin = self.site._registry[MenuItem]
         admin_field = "title"
+        search_help_text = model_admin.search_help_text
 
         args = [
             request,  # request
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ def _get_changelist_instance(self, menu_content):
             model_admin,  # model_admin
             admin_field,  # sortable_by
         ]
-        if not GTE_DJ21:
-            args.pop()
+        if DJANGO_4_2:
+            args.add(search_help_text)
 
         return MenuItemChangeList(*args)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_forms.py b/tests/test_forms.py
index fdc30993b..a86334fab 100644
--- a/tests/test_forms.py
+++ b/tests/test_forms.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from cms.test_utils.testcases import CMSTestCase
 from cms.utils.urlutils import admin_reverse
 
+from djangocms_navigation.compat import DJANGO_4_2
 from djangocms_navigation.constants import SELECT2_CONTENT_OBJECT_URL_NAME
 from djangocms_navigation.forms import (
     ContentTypeObjectSelectWidget,
@@ -16,6 +17,10 @@
 from djangocms_navigation.test_utils.polls.models import PollContent
 
 
+if not DJANGO_4_2:
+    CMSTestCase.assertQuerySetEqual = CMSTestCase.assertQuerysetEqual
+
+
 class MenuContentFormTestCase(CMSTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.menu_root = factories.RootMenuItemFactory()
diff --git a/tests/urls.py b/tests/urls.py
index 7cebe10b6..0c670d269 100644
--- a/tests/urls.py
+++ b/tests/urls.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.conf.urls import re_path
 from django.conf.urls.i18n import i18n_patterns
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
-from django.urls import include
+from django.urls import include, re_path
 from django.views.static import serve