diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
index ccafc99ede9c..224ec1368d56 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func cdcBasicTest(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster, args cdcTestArgs) {
 	crdbNodes := c.Range(1, c.nodes-1)
 	workloadNode := c.Node(c.nodes)
 	kafkaNode := c.Node(c.nodes)
-	c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach", crdbNodes)
+	c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach")
 	c.Put(ctx, workload, "./workload", workloadNode)
 	c.Start(ctx, t, crdbNodes)
 
@@ -725,12 +725,14 @@ type tpccWorkload struct {
 }
 
 func (tw *tpccWorkload) install(ctx context.Context, c *cluster, fixturesImport bool) {
-	command := `fixtures load`
+	command := `./workload fixtures load`
 	if fixturesImport {
-		command = `fixtures import`
+		// For fixtures import, use the version built into the cockroach binary so
+		// the tpcc workload-versions match on release branches.
+		command = `./cockroach workload fixtures import`
 	}
 	c.Run(ctx, tw.workloadNodes, fmt.Sprintf(
-		`./workload %s tpcc --warehouses=%d --checks=false {pgurl%s}`,
+		`%s tpcc --warehouses=%d --checks=false {pgurl%s}`,
 		command,
 		tw.tpccWarehouseCount,
 		tw.sqlNodes.randNode(),
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/import.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/import.go
index 5524be27a737..688de752e382 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/import.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/import.go
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ func registerImportTPCC(r *registry) {
 		m.Go(func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			defer dul.Done()
 			defer hc.Done()
+			// For fixtures import, use the version built into the cockroach binary so
+			// the tpcc workload-versions match on release branches.
 			cmd := fmt.Sprintf(
-				`./workload fixtures import tpcc --warehouses=%d --csv-server='http://localhost:8081'`,
+				`./cockroach workload fixtures import tpcc --warehouses=%d --csv-server='http://localhost:8081'`,
 				warehouses)
 			c.Run(ctx, c.Node(1), cmd)
 			return nil
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/schemachange.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/schemachange.go
index 71b5d7823446..15747517e623 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/schemachange.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/schemachange.go
@@ -344,14 +344,16 @@ func makeSchemaChangeBulkIngestTest(numNodes, numRows int, length time.Duration)
 			crdbNodes := c.Range(1, c.nodes-1)
 			workloadNode := c.Node(c.nodes)
 
-			c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach", crdbNodes)
+			c.Put(ctx, cockroach, "./cockroach")
 			c.Put(ctx, workload, "./workload", workloadNode)
 			// TODO (lucy): Remove flag once the faster import is enabled by default
 			c.Start(ctx, t, crdbNodes, startArgs("--env=COCKROACH_IMPORT_WORKLOAD_FASTER=true"))
 
 			// Don't add another index when importing.
 			cmdWrite := fmt.Sprintf(
-				"./workload fixtures import bulkingest {pgurl:1} --a %d --b %d --c %d --payload-bytes %d --index-b-c-a=false",
+				// For fixtures import, use the version built into the cockroach binary
+				// so the tpcc workload-versions match on release branches.
+				"./cockroach workload fixtures import bulkingest {pgurl:1} --a %d --b %d --c %d --payload-bytes %d --index-b-c-a=false",
 				aNum, bNum, cNum, payloadBytes,
 			)