diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/BUILD.bazel
index 5cccc7d139bf..ce5b5782aeb6 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/BUILD.bazel
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/sql/types",
         "//pkg/storage",
         "//pkg/testutils",
+        "//pkg/testutils/jobutils",
         "//pkg/testutils/serverutils",
         "//pkg/testutils/skip",
         "//pkg/testutils/sqlutils",
diff --git a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
index 39aefc5108fb..759df1a35439 100644
--- a/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
+++ b/pkg/ccl/changefeedccl/alter_changefeed_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/execinfra"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql/tests"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/jobutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/serverutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/skip"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/sqlutils"
@@ -426,7 +427,7 @@ func TestAlterChangefeedTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 		feed := testFeed.(cdctest.EnterpriseTestFeed)
 
 		require.NoError(t, feed.Pause())
-
+		jobutils.WaitForJobToHaveNoLease(t, sqlDB, feed.JobID())
 		sqlDB.Exec(t, fmt.Sprintf(`ALTER CHANGEFEED %d DROP bar, foo ADD baz UNSET diff SET resolved, format=json`, feed.JobID()))
 
 		counts := telemetry.GetFeatureCounts(telemetry.Raw, telemetry.ResetCounts)
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/adopt.go b/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
index 69a7c6ed399e..24557ddcada4 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/adopt.go
@@ -417,26 +417,57 @@ func (r *Registry) runJob(
 		log.Errorf(ctx, "job %d: adoption completed with error %v", job.ID(), err)
 	}
 
-	r.maybeDumpTrace(ctx, resumer, int64(job.ID()), int64(span.TraceID()), err)
 	r.maybeRecordExecutionFailure(ctx, err, job)
+	// NB: After this point, the job may no longer have the claim
+	// and further updates to the job record from this node may
+	// fail.
+	r.maybeClearLease(job, err)
+	r.maybeDumpTrace(ctx, resumer, int64(job.ID()), int64(span.TraceID()), err)
 	if r.knobs.AfterJobStateMachine != nil {
 		r.knobs.AfterJobStateMachine()
 	}
 	return err
 }
 
+const clearClaimQuery = `
+   UPDATE system.jobs
+      SET claim_session_id = NULL, claim_instance_id = NULL
+    WHERE id = $1
+      AND claim_session_id = $2
+      AND claim_instance_id = $3
+      AND status NOT IN ('` + string(StatusPauseRequested) + `', '` + string(StatusCancelRequested) + `')`
+
+// maybeClearLease clears the claim on the given job, provided that
+// the current lease matches our liveness Session.
+func (r *Registry) maybeClearLease(job *Job, jobErr error) {
+	if jobErr == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// We use the serverCtx here rather than the context from the
+	// caller since the caller's context may have been canceled.
+	r.withSession(r.serverCtx, func(ctx context.Context, s sqlliveness.Session) {
+		n, err := r.ex.ExecEx(ctx, "clear-job-claim", nil, /* txn */
+			sessiondata.InternalExecutorOverride{User: username.NodeUserName()},
+			clearClaimQuery, job.ID(), s.ID().UnsafeBytes(), r.ID())
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warningf(ctx, "could not clear job claim: %s", err.Error())
+			return
+		}
+		log.VEventf(ctx, 2, "cleared leases for %d jobs", n)
+	})
+}
+
 const pauseAndCancelUpdate = `
    UPDATE system.jobs
-      SET status = 
+      SET status =
           CASE
 						 WHEN status = '` + string(StatusPauseRequested) + `' THEN '` + string(StatusPaused) + `'
 						 WHEN status = '` + string(StatusCancelRequested) + `' THEN '` + string(StatusReverting) + `'
 						 ELSE status
           END,
 					num_runs = 0,
-					last_run = NULL,
-          claim_session_id = NULL,
-          claim_instance_id = NULL
+					last_run = NULL
     WHERE (status IN ('` + string(StatusPauseRequested) + `', '` + string(StatusCancelRequested) + `'))
       AND ((claim_session_id = $1) AND (claim_instance_id = $2))
 RETURNING id, status
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/jobs_test.go b/pkg/jobs/jobs_test.go
index 243cab6fd063..a312245fd419 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/jobs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/jobs_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1211,10 +1212,11 @@ func TestJobLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(done)
-
+	resumeSignaler := newResumeStartedSignaler()
 	jobs.RegisterConstructor(jobspb.TypeImport, func(_ *jobs.Job, _ *cluster.Settings) jobs.Resumer {
 		return jobs.FakeResumer{
 			OnResume: func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				resumeSignaler.SignalResumeStarted()
 				select {
 				case <-ctx.Done():
 					return ctx.Err()
@@ -1469,6 +1471,10 @@ func TestJobLifecycle(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
+		// Wait for job to be adopted so that we have the
+		// lease and can move to succeeded.
+		resumeSignaler.WaitForResumeStarted()
+
 		// PauseRequested fails after job is successful.
 		if err := job.Succeeded(ctx); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
@@ -3109,6 +3115,35 @@ func checkBundle(t *testing.T, zipFile string, expectedFiles []string) {
 	require.Equal(t, expectedFiles, filesInZip)
 }
 
+type resumeStartedSignaler struct {
+	syncutil.Mutex
+	cond      *sync.Cond
+	isStarted bool
+}
+
+func newResumeStartedSignaler() *resumeStartedSignaler {
+	ret := &resumeStartedSignaler{}
+	ret.cond = sync.NewCond(&ret.Mutex)
+	return ret
+
+}
+
+func (r *resumeStartedSignaler) SignalResumeStarted() {
+	r.Lock()
+	r.isStarted = true
+	r.cond.Signal()
+	r.Unlock()
+}
+
+func (r *resumeStartedSignaler) WaitForResumeStarted() {
+	r.Lock()
+	for !r.isStarted {
+		r.cond.Wait()
+	}
+	r.isStarted = false
+	r.Unlock()
+}
+
 // TestPauseReason tests pausing a job with a user specified reason.
 func TestPauseReason(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
@@ -3125,10 +3160,11 @@ func TestPauseReason(t *testing.T) {
 
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(done)
-
+	resumeSignaler := newResumeStartedSignaler()
 	jobs.RegisterConstructor(jobspb.TypeImport, func(job *jobs.Job, settings *cluster.Settings) jobs.Resumer {
 		return jobs.FakeResumer{
 			OnResume: func(ctx context.Context) error {
+				resumeSignaler.SignalResumeStarted()
 				select {
 				case <-ctx.Done():
 					return ctx.Err()
@@ -3160,9 +3196,16 @@ func TestPauseReason(t *testing.T) {
 		return n
 	}
 	mustNotHaveClaim := func() {
-		require.Equal(t, 0, countRowsWithClaimInfo())
+		t.Helper()
+		testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
+			if countRowsWithClaimInfo() == 0 {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return errors.New("still waiting for claim to clear")
+		})
 	}
 	mustHaveClaim := func() {
+		t.Helper()
 		testutils.SucceedsSoon(t, func() error {
 			if countRowsWithClaimInfo() == 1 {
 				return nil
@@ -3175,6 +3218,7 @@ func TestPauseReason(t *testing.T) {
 	q := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT status FROM system.jobs WHERE id = %d", jobID)
 	tdb.CheckQueryResultsRetry(t, q, [][]string{{"running"}})
 	mustHaveClaim()
+	resumeSignaler.WaitForResumeStarted()
 
 	getStatusAndPayload := func(t *testing.T, id jobspb.JobID) (string, jobspb.Payload) {
 		var payloadBytes []byte
@@ -3208,6 +3252,7 @@ func TestPauseReason(t *testing.T) {
 
 		checkStatusAndPauseReason(t, jobID, "running", "for testing")
 		mustHaveClaim()
+		resumeSignaler.WaitForResumeStarted()
 	}
 	{
 		// Pause the job again with a different reason. Verify that the job is paused with the reason.
diff --git a/pkg/jobs/registry.go b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
index af16ea4a9470..ce7d1a8e3e41 100644
--- a/pkg/jobs/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/jobs/registry.go
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ func (r *Registry) maybeRecordExecutionFailure(ctx context.Context, err error, j
 		return
 	}
 	if updateErr != nil {
-		log.Warningf(ctx, "failed to record error for job %d: %v: %v", j.ID(), err, err)
+		log.Warningf(ctx, "failed to record error for job %d: %v: %v", j.ID(), err, updateErr)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go b/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
index 1872596d41c7..be8febec0f5b 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/jobutils/jobs_verification.go
@@ -89,6 +89,19 @@ func waitForJobToHaveStatus(
 	}, 2*time.Minute)
 }
 
+func WaitForJobToHaveNoLease(t testing.TB, db *sqlutils.SQLRunner, jobID jobspb.JobID) {
+	t.Helper()
+	testutils.SucceedsWithin(t, func() error {
+		var sessionID []byte
+		var instanceID gosql.NullInt64
+		db.QueryRow(t, `SELECT claim_session_id, claim_instance_id FROM system.jobs WHERE id = $1`, jobID).Scan(&sessionID, &instanceID)
+		if sessionID == nil && !instanceID.Valid {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return errors.Newf("job %d still has claim information")
+	}, 2*time.Minute)
+}
+
 // RunJob runs the provided job control statement, initializing, notifying and
 // closing the chan at the passed pointer (see below for why) and returning the
 // jobID and error result. PAUSE JOB and CANCEL JOB are racy in that it's hard