diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/mixed_version_cdc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/mixed_version_cdc.go
index e5f291e99f39..ee8fb5f927d1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/mixed_version_cdc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/mixed_version_cdc.go
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/registry"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/spec"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/test"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachprod/vm"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/randutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/syncutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/timeutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/version"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -101,6 +103,8 @@ type cdcMixedVersionTester struct {
 	testFinished      bool
 	validatorFinished chan struct{}
 	cleanup           func()
+
+	terminateWatcherCh chan struct{}
 }
 
 func newCDCMixedVersionTester(
@@ -199,6 +203,7 @@ func (cmvt *cdcMixedVersionTester) waitForResolvedTimestamps() versionStep {
 func (cmvt *cdcMixedVersionTester) finishTest() versionStep {
 	return func(ctx context.Context, t test.Test, u *versionUpgradeTest) {
 		t.L().Printf("waiting for background tasks to finish")
+		close(cmvt.terminateWatcherCh)
 		cmvt.testFinished = true
 		<-cmvt.validatorFinished
 	}
@@ -343,12 +348,60 @@ func (cmvt *cdcMixedVersionTester) createChangeFeed(node int) versionStep {
 			{"updated", ""},
 			{"resolved", fmt.Sprintf("'%s'", resolvedInterval)},
 		}
-		_, err := newChangefeedCreator(db, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", targetDB, targetTable), cmvt.kafka.sinkURL(ctx)).
-			With(options...).
-			Create()
+		creator := newChangefeedCreator(db, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", targetDB, targetTable), cmvt.kafka.sinkURL(ctx)).
+			With(options...)
+
+		jobID, err := creator.Create()
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
+		// In 22.1, a changefeed may fail during a rolling upgrade due to a bug
+		// which is fixed in 22.2 onwards. To accomodate for this bug,
+		// poll the changefeed job and restart it if it fails.
+		// See #106878 for more details.
+		if cmvt.terminateWatcherCh == nil {
+			cmvt.terminateWatcherCh = make(chan struct{})
+		}
+		cmvt.monitor.Go(func(ctx2 context.Context) error {
+			watchChangefeed(ctx2, t, cmvt.terminateWatcherCh, jobID, db, creator)
+			return nil
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+// watchChangefeed polls a changefeed job every 1 second and re-creates if it
+// failed.
+func watchChangefeed(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	t test.Test,
+	testFinished chan struct{},
+	jobID int,
+	db *gosql.DB,
+	creator *changefeedCreator,
+) {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		case <-testFinished:
+			return
+		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
+			var feedStatus string
+			if err := db.QueryRow(`SELECT status FROM system.jobs WHERE id = $1`, jobID).Scan(&feedStatus); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(errors.Wrap(err, "changefeed watcher failed to query jobs table"))
+				return
+			}
+			if feedStatus == string(jobs.StatusFailed) {
+				t.L().Printf("changefeed %d failed. recreating changefeed", jobID)
+				newJobID, err := creator.Create()
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatal(errors.Wrap(err, "changefeed watcher failed to recreate changefeed job"))
+					return
+				}
+				jobID = newJobID
+				t.L().Printf("successfully recreated changefeed as new job %d", jobID)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }