diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
index 96e4df16e50a..ccafc99ede9c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cdc.go
@@ -518,9 +518,8 @@ func registerCDC(r *registry) {
 	})
 	r.Add(testSpec{
 		Name: fmt.Sprintf("cdc/sink-chaos/rangefeed=%t", useRangeFeed),
-		// TODO(dan): Re-enable this test on 2.1 and 19.1 once #36852 is backported.
-		// MinVersion: "v2.1.0",
-		MinVersion: "v19.2.0",
+		// TODO(dan): Re-enable this test on 2.1 if we decide to backport #36852.
+		MinVersion: "v19.1.0",
 		Cluster:    makeClusterSpec(4, cpu(16)),
 		Run: func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
 			cdcBasicTest(ctx, t, c, cdcTestArgs{
@@ -536,9 +535,8 @@ func registerCDC(r *registry) {
 	})
 	r.Add(testSpec{
 		Name: fmt.Sprintf("cdc/crdb-chaos/rangefeed=%t", useRangeFeed),
-		// TODO(dan): Re-enable this test on 2.1 and 19.1 once #36852 is backported.
-		// MinVersion: "v2.1.0",
-		MinVersion: "v19.2.0",
+		// TODO(dan): Re-enable this test on 2.1 if we decide to backport #36852.
+		MinVersion: "v19.1.0",
 		Cluster:    makeClusterSpec(4, cpu(16)),
 		Run: func(ctx context.Context, t *test, c *cluster) {
 			cdcBasicTest(ctx, t, c, cdcTestArgs{
@@ -548,7 +546,11 @@ func registerCDC(r *registry) {
 				rangefeed:                useRangeFeed,
 				crdbChaos:                true,
 				targetInitialScanLatency: 3 * time.Minute,
-				targetSteadyLatency:      10 * time.Minute,
+				// TODO(dan): It should be okay to drop this as low as 2 to 3 minutes,
+				// but we're occasionally seeing it take between 11 and 12 minutes to
+				// get everything running again after a chaos event. There's definitely
+				// a thread worth pulling on here. See #36879.
+				targetSteadyLatency: 15 * time.Minute,
 			})
 		},
 	})