diff --git a/pkg/jobs/registry.go b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
index 2f54afd45587..f5401fe813d3 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
@@ -626,25 +626,26 @@ func (r *Registry) CreateAdoptableJobWithTxn(
 			createdByType = j.createdBy.Name
 			createdByID = j.createdBy.ID
 		}
+		typ := j.mu.payload.Type().String()
 
+		nCols := 7
+		cols := [7]string{"id", "status", "payload", "progress", "created_by_type", "created_by_id", "job_type"}
+		placeholders := [7]string{"$1", "$2", "$3", "$4", "$5", "$6", "$7"}
+		values := [7]interface{}{jobID, StatusRunning, payloadBytes, progressBytes, createdByType, createdByID, typ}
+		if !r.settings.Version.IsActive(ctx, clusterversion.V23_1AddTypeColumnToJobsTable) {
+			nCols -= 1
+		}
 		// Insert the job row, but do not set a `claim_session_id`. By not
 		// setting the claim, the job can be adopted by any node and will
 		// be adopted by the node which next runs the adoption loop.
-		const stmt = `INSERT
-  INTO system.jobs (
-                    id,
-                    status,
-                    payload,
-                    progress,
-                    created_by_type,
-                    created_by_id
-                   )
-VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6);`
+		stmt := fmt.Sprintf(
+			`INSERT INTO system.jobs (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
+			strings.Join(cols[:nCols], ","), strings.Join(placeholders[:nCols], ","),
+		)
 		_, err = txn.ExecEx(ctx, "job-insert", txn.KV(), sessiondata.InternalExecutorOverride{
 			User:     username.NodeUserName(),
 			Database: catconstants.SystemDatabaseName,
-		}, stmt,
-			jobID, StatusRunning, payloadBytes, progressBytes, createdByType, createdByID)
+		}, stmt, values[:nCols]...)
 		return err
 	}
 	run := r.db.Txn
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/alter_jobs_add_job_type_test.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/alter_jobs_add_job_type_test.go
index 3738ee88931a..06b8f19ebc6d 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/alter_jobs_add_job_type_test.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/alter_jobs_add_job_type_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package upgrades_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/privilege"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/sem/catconstants"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/types"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/sqlutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/testcluster"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/upgrade/upgrades"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/intsets"
@@ -53,6 +55,45 @@ func (*fakeResumer) OnFailOrCancel(ctx context.Context, execCtx interface{}, job
 	return jobErr
 }
 
+// TestCreateAdoptableJobPopulatesJobType verifies that the job_type column in system.jobs is populated
+// by CreateAdoptableJobWithTxn after upgrading to V23_1AddTypeColumnToJobsTable.
+func TestCreateAdoptableJobPopulatesJobType(t *testing.T) {
+	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
+	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
+
+	clusterArgs := base.TestClusterArgs{
+		ServerArgs: base.TestServerArgs{
+			Knobs: base.TestingKnobs{
+				Server: &server.TestingKnobs{
+					DisableAutomaticVersionUpgrade: make(chan struct{}),
+					BinaryVersionOverride: clusterversion.ByKey(
+						clusterversion.V23_1AddTypeColumnToJobsTable),
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	var (
+		ctx   = context.Background()
+		tc    = testcluster.StartTestCluster(t, 1, clusterArgs)
+		s     = tc.Server(0)
+		sqlDB = tc.ServerConn(0)
+	)
+	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
+
+	record := jobs.Record{
+		Description: "fake job",
+		Username:    username.TestUserName(),
+		Details:     jobspb.ImportDetails{},
+		Progress:    jobspb.ImportProgress{},
+	}
+
+	j, err := s.JobRegistry().(*jobs.Registry).CreateAdoptableJobWithTxn(ctx, record, 0, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	runner := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(sqlDB)
+	runner.CheckQueryResults(t, fmt.Sprintf("SELECT job_type from system.jobs WHERE id = %d", j.ID()), [][]string{{"IMPORT"}})
+}
+
 // TestAlterSystemJobsTableAddJobTypeColumn verifies that the migrations that add & backfill
 // the type column to system.jobs succeed.
 func TestAlterSystemJobsTableAddJobTypeColumn(t *testing.T) {