diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/fields/belongs-to-many-field.ts b/packages/core/database/src/fields/belongs-to-many-field.ts
index b0fc12ac2..df3a1dd13 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/fields/belongs-to-many-field.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/fields/belongs-to-many-field.ts
@@ -55,9 +55,15 @@ export class BelongsToManyField extends RelationField {
     if (database.hasCollection(through)) {
       Through = database.getCollection(through);
     } else {
-      Through = database.collection({
+      const throughCollectionOptions = {
         name: through,
-      });
+      };
+
+      if (this.collection.collectionSchema()) {
+        throughCollectionOptions['schema'] = this.collection.collectionSchema();
+      }
+
+      Through = database.collection(throughCollectionOptions);
 
       Object.defineProperty(Through.model, 'isThrough', { value: true });
     }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongsToMany.test.ts b/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongs-to-many.test.ts
similarity index 54%
rename from packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongsToMany.test.ts
rename to packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongs-to-many.test.ts
index 5ded8d5af..bbfda25df 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongsToMany.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/fields/belongs-to-many.test.ts
@@ -51,5 +51,29 @@ describe('belongsToMany', () => {
     });
 
     expect(throughCollection.get('sortable')).toEqual(false);
+    const collectionManagerSchema = process.env.COLLECTION_MANAGER_SCHEMA;
+    const mainSchema = process.env.DB_SCHEMA || 'public';
+
+    if (collectionManagerSchema && mainSchema != collectionManagerSchema && db.inDialect('postgres')) {
+      expect(throughCollection.get('schema')).toEqual(collectionManagerSchema);
+
+      const tableName = db.getCollection('post_tags').model.tableName;
+
+      const mainSchema = process.env.DB_SCHEMA || 'public';
+
+      const tableExists = async (tableName: string, schema: string) => {
+        const sql = `SELECT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM information_schema.tables
+                 WHERE  table_schema = '${schema}'
+                 AND    table_name   = '${tableName}')`;
+
+        const results = await db.sequelize.query(sql, { type: 'SELECT' });
+
+        const exists = results[0]['exists'];
+        return exists;
+      };
+
+      expect(await tableExists(tableName, collectionManagerSchema)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await tableExists(tableName, mainSchema)).toBe(false);
+    }
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/http-api/belongsToMany.test.ts b/packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/http-api/belongs-to-many.test.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/http-api/belongsToMany.test.ts
rename to packages/plugins/collection-manager/src/__tests__/http-api/belongs-to-many.test.ts