diff --git a/cmds/db-manager/main.go b/cmds/db-manager/main.go
index 812317948..d74806d8e 100644
--- a/cmds/db-manager/main.go
+++ b/cmds/db-manager/main.go
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ func main() {
 		crdb.Pool.Close()
 	}()
 
+	crdbVersion, err := crdb.GetServerVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Panicf("Unable to retrieve the version of the server %s:%d: %v", connectParameters.Host, connectParameters.Port, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("CRDB server version: %s", crdbVersion)
+
 	// Make sure specified database exists
 	exists, err := doesDatabaseExist(crdb, dbName)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -144,7 +150,14 @@ func main() {
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Panicf("Failed to load SQL content from %s: %v", fullFilePath, err)
 		}
-		migrationSQL := fmt.Sprintf("USE %s;\n", dbName) + string(rawMigrationSQL)
+
+		// Ensure SQL session has implicit transactions disabled for CRDB versions 22.2+
+		sessionConfigurationSQL := ""
+		if crdbVersion.Compare(*semver.New("22.2.0")) >= 0 {
+			sessionConfigurationSQL = "SET enable_implicit_transaction_for_batch_statements = false;\n"
+		}
+
+		migrationSQL := sessionConfigurationSQL + fmt.Sprintf("USE %s;\n", dbName) + string(rawMigrationSQL)
 
 		// Execute migration step
 		if _, err := crdb.Pool.Exec(context.Background(), migrationSQL); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/cockroach/cockroach.go b/pkg/cockroach/cockroach.go
index 5d4cb9588..b7e7890fe 100644
--- a/pkg/cockroach/cockroach.go
+++ b/pkg/cockroach/cockroach.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package cockroach
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -219,3 +220,18 @@ func (db *DB) GetVersion(ctx context.Context, dbName string) (*semver.Version, e
 
 	return semver.NewVersion(dbVersion)
 }
+
+func (db *DB) GetServerVersion() (*semver.Version, error) {
+	const versionDbQuery = `
+      SELECT version();
+    `
+	var fullVersion string
+	err := db.Pool.QueryRow(context.Background(), versionDbQuery).Scan(&fullVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, stacktrace.Propagate(err, "Error querying CRDB server version")
+	}
+
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`v((0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*))`)
+	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(fullVersion)
+	return semver.New(match[1]), nil
+}