diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/flowable.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/flowable.go
index e1e46a74d1e6..db934e5269bc 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/flowable.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/flowable.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/cmd/roachtest/cluster"
@@ -39,6 +40,29 @@ func registerFlowable(r registry.Registry) {
 		c.Put(ctx, t.Cockroach(), "./cockroach", c.All())
 		c.Start(ctx, t.L(), option.DefaultStartOpts(), install.MakeClusterSettings(), c.All())
 
+		t.Status("creating database used by tests")
+		db, err := c.ConnE(ctx, t.L(), node[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		if _, err := db.ExecContext(
+			ctx, `CREATE DATABASE flowable;`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := db.ExecContext(
+			ctx, `CREATE USER flowable;`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if _, err := db.ExecContext(
+			ctx, `GRANT admin TO flowable;`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
 		t.Status("cloning flowable and installing prerequisites")
 		latestTag, err := repeatGetLatestTag(
 			ctx, t, "flowable", "flowable-engine", flowableReleaseTagRegex,
@@ -60,7 +84,7 @@ func registerFlowable(r registry.Registry) {
 			c,
 			node,
 			"install dependencies",
-			`sudo apt-get -qq install default-jre openjdk-8-jdk-headless gradle maven`,
+			`sudo apt-get -qq install default-jre openjdk-17-jdk-headless gradle maven`,
 		); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -90,13 +114,32 @@ func registerFlowable(r registry.Registry) {
 			c,
 			node,
 			"building Flowable",
-			`cd /mnt/data1/flowable-engine/ && mvn clean install -DskipTests`,
+			`cd /mnt/data1/flowable-engine/ && ./mvnw clean install -DskipTests`,
+		); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if err := repeatRunE(
+			ctx,
+			t,
+			c,
+			node,
+			"configuring tests for cockroachdb",
+			fmt.Sprintf(`mkdir -p $HOME/.flowable/jdbc/ && \
+echo "%s" > $HOME/.flowable/jdbc/build.flowable6.cockroachdb.properties && \
+cd /mnt/data1/flowable-engine/ && \
+echo '%s' > flowable_crdb.patch && \
+git apply --ignore-whitespace flowable_crdb.patch && \
+grep "force-commit" . -lr | xargs sed -i 's/-- force-commit//g'`,
+				flowableParams, flowablePatch,
+			),
 		); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
 		if err := c.RunE(ctx, node,
-			`cd /mnt/data1/flowable-engine/ && mvn clean test -Dtest=Flowable6Test#testLongServiceTaskLoop -Ddb=crdb`,
+			`cd /mnt/data1/flowable-engine/ && \
+./mvnw clean test -Dtest=Flowable6Test#testLongServiceTaskLoop -Ddatabase=cockroachdb`,
 		); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -112,3 +155,32 @@ func registerFlowable(r registry.Registry) {
 		},
 	})
 }
+
+const flowableParams = `
+jdbc.url=jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:26257/flowable?sslmode=disable
+jdbc.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
+jdbc.username=flowable
+jdbc.password
+`
+
+// This patch will not be needed once https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/pull/3752
+// is merged.
+const flowablePatch = `
+diff --git a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/persistence/entity/TableDataManagerImpl.java b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/persistence/entity/TableDataManagerImpl.java
+index 38a332b785..620ed787bf 100644
+--- a/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/persistence/entity/TableDataManagerImpl.java
++++ b/modules/flowable-engine-common/src/main/java/org/flowable/common/engine/impl/persistence/entity/TableDataManagerImpl.java
+@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@ public class TableDataManagerImpl implements TableDataManager {
+         List<String> tableNames = new ArrayList<>();
+         try (ResultSet tables = databaseMetaData.getTables(catalog, schema, tableNameFilter, DbSqlSession.JDBC_METADATA_TABLE_TYPES)) {
+             while (tables.next()) {
++                if ("cockroachdb".equals(getDbSqlSession().getDbSqlSessionFactory().getDatabaseType())) {
++                    String schemaName = tables.getString("TABLE_SCHEM");
++                    if ("crdb_internal".equals(schemaName)) {
++                        continue;
++                    }
++                }
+                 String tableName = tables.getString("TABLE_NAME");
+                 tableName = tableName.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+                 tableNames.add(tableName);
+`