diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_merge_test.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_merge_test.go
index 5d93937f19af..d2ac16f99c45 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_merge_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/client_merge_test.go
@@ -264,8 +264,6 @@ func TestStoreRangeMergeWithData(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
 
-	skip.WithIssue(t, 126249)
-
 	for _, retries := range []int64{0, 3} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("retries=%d", retries), func(t *testing.T) {
 			mergeWithData(t, retries)
@@ -276,6 +274,10 @@ func TestStoreRangeMergeWithData(t *testing.T) {
 func mergeWithData(t *testing.T, retries int64) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
+	// Set a long txn liveness threshold so that the merge txn cannot be aborted,
+	// even when we manually advance the clock to trigger a lease acquisition.
+	defer txnwait.TestingOverrideTxnLivenessThreshold(time.Hour)()
+
 	manualClock := hlc.NewHybridManualClock()
 	var store *kvserver.Store
 	// Maybe inject some retryable errors when the merge transaction commits.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/catalog/schematelemetry/schema_telemetry_test.go b/pkg/sql/catalog/schematelemetry/schema_telemetry_test.go
index 9510b4f760ab..79dfa3dbd130 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/catalog/schematelemetry/schema_telemetry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/catalog/schematelemetry/schema_telemetry_test.go
@@ -187,7 +187,14 @@ UPDATE system.namespace SET id = %d WHERE id = %d;
 	// Ensure that a log line is emitted for each invalid object, with a loose
 	// enforcement of the log structure.
 	errorRE := regexp.MustCompile(`found invalid object with ID \d+: .+`)
-	entries, err := log.FetchEntriesFromFiles(0, math.MaxInt64, 1000, errorRE, log.SelectEditMode(false, false))
+	entries, err := log.FetchEntriesFromFiles(0, math.MaxInt64, 1000, errorRE, log.SelectEditMode(false /* redact */, false /* keepRedactable */))
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Len(t, entries, 9)
+
+	// Verify that the log entries have redaction markers applied by checking one
+	// of the specific error messages.
+	errorRE = regexp.MustCompile(`found invalid object with ID \d+: relation ‹"nojob"›`)
+	entries, err = log.FetchEntriesFromFiles(0, math.MaxInt64, 1000, errorRE, log.SelectEditMode(false /* redact */, true /* keepRedactable */))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Len(t, entries, 1)
 }