diff -u b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Functional/NodeAccessBaseTableTest.php b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Functional/NodeAccessBaseTableTest.php
--- b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Functional/NodeAccessBaseTableTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/src/Functional/NodeAccessBaseTableTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\Tests\node\Functional;
 
+use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldStorageDefinitionInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\taxonomy\Entity\Vocabulary;
+use Drupal\Tests\field\Traits\EntityReferenceTestTrait;
 
 /**
  * Tests behavior of the node access subsystem if the base table is not node.
@@ -11,12 +15,19 @@
  */
 class NodeAccessBaseTableTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
+  use EntityReferenceTestTrait;
+
   /**
    * Modules to enable.
    *
    * @var array
    */
-  protected static $modules = ['node_access_test', 'views'];
+  protected static $modules = [
+    'node_access_test',
+    'views',
+    'taxonomy',
+    'search',
+  ];
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -25,13 +36,4 @@
 
   /**
-   * The installation profile to use with this test.
-   *
-   * This test class requires the "tags" taxonomy field.
-   *
-   * @var string
-   */
-  protected $profile = 'testing';
-
-  /**
    * Nodes by user.
    *
@@ -68,6 +70,33 @@
   protected function setUp(): void {
     parent::setUp();
 
+    // Create the vocabulary for the tag field.
+    $vocabulary = Vocabulary::create([
+      'name' => 'Tags',
+      'vid' => 'tags',
+      'langcode' => LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED,
+    ]);
+    $vocabulary->save();
+    $field_name = 'field_' . $vocabulary->id();
+
+    $handler_settings = [
+      'target_bundles' => [
+        $vocabulary->id() => $vocabulary->id(),
+      ],
+      'auto_create' => TRUE,
+    ];
+
+    $this->createEntityReferenceField('node', 'article', $field_name, 'Tags', 'taxonomy_term', 'default', $handler_settings, FieldStorageDefinitionInterface::CARDINALITY_UNLIMITED);
+    $entity_type_manager = $this->container->get('entity_type.manager');
+    $entity_type_manager
+      ->getStorage('entity_form_display')
+      ->load('node.article.default')
+      ->setComponent($field_name, [
+        'type' => 'entity_reference_autocomplete_tags',
+        'weight' => -4,
+      ])
+      ->save();
+
     node_access_test_add_field(NodeType::load('article'));
 
     node_access_rebuild();