diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bf16d8..32e8637 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ via `AUDITLOG_MASK_TRACKING_FIELDS` setting. ([#702](https://github.com/jazzband
 - fix: Use sender instead of receiver for `m2m_changed` signal ID to prevent duplicate entries for models that share a related model. ([#686](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/686))
 - Fixed a problem when setting `Value(None)` in `JSONField` ([#646](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/646))
 - Fixed a problem when setting `django.db.models.functions.Now()` in `DateTimeField` ([#635](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/635))
+- Use the [default manager](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/topics/db/managers/#default-managers) instead of `objects` to support custom model managers. ([#705](https://github.com/jazzband/django-auditlog/pull/705))
 
 ## 3.0.0 (2024-04-12)
 
diff --git a/auditlog/models.py b/auditlog/models.py
index 45e0d7f..e03206f 100644
--- a/auditlog/models.py
+++ b/auditlog/models.py
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ class LogEntry(models.Model):
             return value
         # Attempt to return the string representation of the object
         try:
-            return smart_str(field.related_model.objects.get(pk=pk_value))
+            return smart_str(field.related_model._default_manager.get(pk=pk_value))
         # ObjectDoesNotExist will be raised if the object was deleted.
         except ObjectDoesNotExist:
             return f"Deleted '{field.related_model.__name__}' ({value})"
diff --git a/auditlog/receivers.py b/auditlog/receivers.py
index 02405d5..77e60f5 100644
--- a/auditlog/receivers.py
+++ b/auditlog/receivers.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def log_update(sender, instance, **kwargs):
     """
     if not instance._state.adding:
         update_fields = kwargs.get("update_fields", None)
-        old = sender.objects.filter(pk=instance.pk).first()
+        old = sender._default_manager.filter(pk=instance.pk).first()
         _create_log_entry(
             action=LogEntry.Action.UPDATE,
             instance=instance,
@@ -156,9 +156,11 @@ def make_log_m2m_changes(field_name):
             return
 
         if action == "post_clear":
-            changed_queryset = kwargs["model"].objects.all()
+            changed_queryset = kwargs["model"]._default_manager.all()
         else:
-            changed_queryset = kwargs["model"].objects.filter(pk__in=kwargs["pk_set"])
+            changed_queryset = kwargs["model"]._default_manager.filter(
+                pk__in=kwargs["pk_set"]
+            )
 
         if action in ["post_add"]:
             LogEntry.objects.log_m2m_changes(
diff --git a/auditlog_tests/models.py b/auditlog_tests/models.py
index 819556b..38d6966 100644
--- a/auditlog_tests/models.py
+++ b/auditlog_tests/models.py
@@ -407,6 +407,19 @@ class SimpleNonManagedModel(models.Model):
         managed = False
 
 
+class SecretManager(models.Manager):
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return super().get_queryset().filter(is_secret=False)
+
+
+@auditlog.register()
+class SwappedManagerModel(models.Model):
+    is_secret = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
+
+    objects = SecretManager()
+
+
 class AutoManyRelatedModel(models.Model):
     related = models.ManyToManyField(SimpleModel)
 
diff --git a/auditlog_tests/tests.py b/auditlog_tests/tests.py
index 1904059..5c8ab65 100644
--- a/auditlog_tests/tests.py
+++ b/auditlog_tests/tests.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ from auditlog_tests.models import (
     SimpleMaskedModel,
     SimpleModel,
     SimpleNonManagedModel,
+    SwappedManagerModel,
     UUIDPrimaryKeyModel,
 )
 
@@ -1270,7 +1271,7 @@ class RegisterModelSettingsTest(TestCase):
 
         self.assertTrue(self.test_auditlog.contains(SimpleExcludeModel))
         self.assertTrue(self.test_auditlog.contains(ChoicesFieldModel))
-        self.assertEqual(len(self.test_auditlog.get_models()), 31)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.test_auditlog.get_models()), 32)
 
     def test_register_models_register_model_with_attrs(self):
         self.test_auditlog._register_models(
@@ -2828,3 +2829,28 @@ class MissingModelTest(TestCase):
         history = self.obj.history.latest()
         self.assertEqual(history.changes_dict["text"][1], self.obj.text)
         self.assertEqual(history.changes_display_dict["text"][1], self.obj.text)
+
+
+class ModelManagerTest(TestCase):
+    """
+    This does not directly assert the configured manager, but its behaviour.
+    The "secret" object should not be accessible, as the queryset is overridden.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.secret = SwappedManagerModel.objects.create(is_secret=True, name="Secret")
+        self.public = SwappedManagerModel.objects.create(is_secret=False, name="Public")
+
+    def test_update_secret(self):
+        self.secret.name = "Updated"
+        self.secret.save()
+        log = LogEntry.objects.get_for_object(self.secret).first()
+        self.assertEqual(log.action, LogEntry.Action.UPDATE)
+        self.assertEqual(log.changes_dict["name"], ["None", "Updated"])
+
+    def test_update_public(self):
+        self.public.name = "Updated"
+        self.public.save()
+        log = LogEntry.objects.get_for_object(self.public).first()
+        self.assertEqual(log.action, LogEntry.Action.UPDATE)
+        self.assertEqual(log.changes_dict["name"], ["Public", "Updated"])