diff --git a/pkg/jobs/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/jobs/BUILD.bazel
index 9b288826a91e..08c053692117 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/jobs/BUILD.bazel
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ go_library(
         "//pkg/sql/catalog/descpb",
         "//pkg/sql/catalog/descs",
         "//pkg/sql/isql",
+        "//pkg/sql/pgwire/pgcode",
         "//pkg/sql/pgwire/pgerror",
         "//pkg/sql/protoreflect",
         "//pkg/sql/sem/builtins",
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/utils.go b/pkg/jobs/utils.go
index 9ba2145fb6ea..17c39fee9724 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/utils.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/jobs/jobspb"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/isql"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/pgwire/pgcode"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/pgwire/pgerror"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/sem/tree"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 )
@@ -153,3 +155,33 @@ func JobExists(
 	}
 	return row != nil, nil
 }
+
+// IsJobTypeColumnDoesNotExistError returns true if the error is of the form
+// `column "job_type" does not exist`.
+func isJobTypeColumnDoesNotExistError(err error) bool {
+	return pgerror.GetPGCode(err) == pgcode.UndefinedColumn &&
+		strings.Contains(err.Error(), "column \"job_type\" does not exist")
+}
+
+// MaybeGenerateForcedRetryableError returns a
+// TransactionRetryWithProtoRefreshError that will cause the txn to be retried
+// if the error is because of an undefined job_type column.
+//
+// In https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/106762 we noticed that if
+// a query is executed with an AS OF SYSTEM TIME clause that picks a transaction
+// timestamp before the job_type migration, then parts of the jobs
+// infrastructure will attempt to query the job_type column even though it
+// doesn't exist at the transaction's timestamp.
+//
+// As a short term fix, when we encounter an `UndefinedColumn` error we
+// generate a synthetic retryable error so that the txn is pushed to a
+// higher timestamp at which the upgrade will have completed and the
+// `job_type` column will be visible. The longer term fix is being tracked
+// in https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/106764.
+func MaybeGenerateForcedRetryableError(ctx context.Context, txn *kv.Txn, err error) error {
+	if err != nil && isJobTypeColumnDoesNotExistError(err) {
+		return txn.GenerateForcedRetryableError(ctx, "synthetic error "+
+			"to push timestamp to after the `job_type` upgrade has run")
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sql/crdb_internal.go b/pkg/sql/crdb_internal.go
index cc4cb654b2d3..51b7cd1c5679 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/crdb_internal.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/crdb_internal.go
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ func populateSystemJobsTableRows(
 		params...,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return matched, err
+		return matched, jobs.MaybeGenerateForcedRetryableError(ctx, p.Txn(), err)
 	}
 
 	cleanup := func(ctx context.Context) {
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ func populateSystemJobsTableRows(
 	for {
 		hasNext, err := it.Next(ctx)
 		if !hasNext || err != nil {
-			return matched, err
+			return matched, jobs.MaybeGenerateForcedRetryableError(ctx, p.Txn(), err)
 		}
 
 		currentRow := it.Cur()
diff --git a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/json_forward_indexes_test.go b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/json_forward_indexes_test.go
index e3e51d9eb5ee..a3ceddc965fe 100644
--- a/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/json_forward_indexes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/upgrade/upgrades/json_forward_indexes_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestJSONForwardingIndexes(t *testing.T) {
-	skip.WithIssue(t, 107169, "flaky test")
 	var err error
 	skip.UnderStressRace(t)
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()