diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_tenant_locality b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_tenant_locality
index 18ef8e4112a3..057ada6dd873 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_tenant_locality
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/distsql_tenant_locality
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ statement ok
 CREATE TABLE t (k INT PRIMARY KEY, v INT, FAMILY (k, v));
 INSERT INTO t SELECT i, i FROM generate_series(1, 6) AS g(i)
 
-# Upreplicate the table's range.
-statement ok
+# Upreplicate the table's range. We need a retry to guarantee that the
+# capability has been picked up.
+statement ok retry
 ALTER TABLE t EXPERIMENTAL_RELOCATE VALUES (ARRAY[1, 2, 3], 0)
 
 # Split the ranges in the table.
diff --git a/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/testdata/distsql_tenant_locality b/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/testdata/distsql_tenant_locality
index ea66b6106c22..8725baf7a56c 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/testdata/distsql_tenant_locality
+++ b/pkg/sql/opt/exec/execbuilder/testdata/distsql_tenant_locality
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ user root
 statement ok
 CREATE TABLE t (k INT PRIMARY KEY, v INT, FAMILY (k, v))
 
-# Upreplicate the table's range.
-statement ok
+# Upreplicate the table's range. We need a retry to guarantee that the
+# capability has been picked up.
+statement ok retry
 ALTER TABLE t EXPERIMENTAL_RELOCATE VALUES (ARRAY[1, 2, 3], 0)
 
 # Split the ranges in the table.