diff --git a/ci/run_pytest_tpu.sh b/ci/run_pytest_tpu.sh
index 94d1eb987..3707efe88 100755
--- a/ci/run_pytest_tpu.sh
+++ b/ci/run_pytest_tpu.sh
@@ -50,11 +50,21 @@ echo "Running TPU tests..."
 
 # Run single-accelerator tests in parallel
 JAX_ENABLE_TPU_XDIST=true "$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pytest -n="$JAXCI_TPU_CORES" --tb=short \
---deselect=tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_test.py::PallasCallPrintTest \
---maxfail=20 -m "not multiaccelerator" tests/pallas/tpu_ops_test.py
+  --deselect=tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_test.py::PallasCallPrintTest \
+  --maxfail=20 -m "not multiaccelerator" \
+  tests/pallas/ops_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/export_back_compat_pallas_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/export_pallas_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_ops_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_random_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_async_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_state_test.py
 
 # Run Pallas printing tests, which need to run with I/O capturing disabled.
 TPU_STDERR_LOG_LEVEL=0 "$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pytest -s tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_test.py::PallasCallPrintTest
 
 # Run multi-accelerator across all chips
-"$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pytest --tb=short --maxfail=20 -m "multiaccelerator" tests/pjit_test.py
\ No newline at end of file
+"$JAXCI_PYTHON" -m pytest --tb=short --maxfail=20 -m "multiaccelerator" \
+  tests/pjit_test.py \
+  tests/pallas/tpu_pallas_distributed_test.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jax/_src/cloud_tpu_init.py b/jax/_src/cloud_tpu_init.py
index a2f137686..826d14b5b 100644
--- a/jax/_src/cloud_tpu_init.py
+++ b/jax/_src/cloud_tpu_init.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import datetime
 import os
+import re
 from jax import version
 from jax._src import config
 from jax._src import hardware_utils
@@ -98,3 +100,22 @@ def cloud_tpu_init() -> None:
       'jax_pjrt_client_create_options',
       f'ml_framework_name:JAX;ml_framework_version:{version.__version__}'
       )
+
+
+def is_cloud_tpu_older_than(year: int, month: int, day: int):
+  # We import locally because the functions above must run before the runtime
+  # modules are imported.
+  from jax._src import xla_bridge  # type: ignore
+  date = datetime.date(year, month, day)
+  if not running_in_cloud_tpu_vm:
+    return False
+  # The format of Cloud TPU platform_version is like:
+  # PJRT C API
+  # TFRT TPU v2
+  # Built on Oct 30 2023 03:04:42 (1698660263) cl/577737722
+  platform_version = xla_bridge.get_backend().platform_version.split('\n')[-1]
+  results = re.findall(r'\(.*?\)', platform_version)
+  if len(results) != 1:
+    return True
+  build_date = date.fromtimestamp(int(results[0][1:-1]))
+  return build_date < date
diff --git a/jax/_src/pallas/mosaic/lowering.py b/jax/_src/pallas/mosaic/lowering.py
index 1e1f19d3d..f0fb23b1f 100644
--- a/jax/_src/pallas/mosaic/lowering.py
+++ b/jax/_src/pallas/mosaic/lowering.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from jax._src import prng
 from jax._src import source_info_util
 from jax._src import state
 from jax._src import traceback_util
+from jax._src.cloud_tpu_init import is_cloud_tpu_older_than
 from jax._src.interpreters import mlir
 from jax._src.interpreters import partial_eval as pe
 from jax._src.lax import lax as lax_internal
@@ -597,6 +598,11 @@ def lower_jaxpr_to_module(
     for_verification: bool = False,
     dynamic_shape_replacement_enabled: bool = False,
 ) -> tuple[Module, tuple[Any, ...]]:
+  # NOTE: We should bump this periodically
+  if is_cloud_tpu_older_than(2025, 1, 10):
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        "Pallas TPU requires a libTPU version that's at most a month old"
+    )
   if dynamic_shape_replacement_enabled:
     _mosaic_lowering_dynamic_shape_env = LoweringDynamicShapeEnv()
 
@@ -3399,12 +3405,15 @@ def _dma_wait_lowering_rule(ctx: LoweringRuleContext, *args, tree,
   src, _ = _transform_ref(src, src_aval.dtype, src_aval.shape, src_transforms)
   dst, _ = _transform_ref(dst, dst_aval.dtype, ref_block_shape, transforms)
   sem, _ = _transform_ref(sem, sem_aval.dtype, sem_aval.shape, sem_transforms)
-  if ctx.forward_compatible:
-    # TODO(mvoz): Remove once a month has passed. b/395630795
-    src_memory_space = _memory_space_to_mosaic_attribute(src_aval.memory_space)
-    smem_space = ir.Attribute.parse("#tpu.memory_space<smem>")
-    src_is_smem = src_memory_space == smem_space
-    wait_ref = src if src_is_smem else dst
+  if ctx.forward_compatible or is_cloud_tpu_older_than(2025, 2, 12):
+    # TODO(mvoz): Remove once six months have passed. b/395630795
+    if hasattr(src_aval, "memory_space"):
+      src_memory_space = _memory_space_to_mosaic_attribute(src_aval.memory_space)
+      smem_space = ir.Attribute.parse("#tpu.memory_space<smem>")
+      src_is_smem = src_memory_space == smem_space
+      wait_ref = src if src_is_smem else dst
+    else:
+      wait_ref = dst
     # Legacy instruction emits only an sfence if the target/dst ref is in smem.
     # So, we pass the src ref to the wait instruction if it is in smem to
     # ensure legacy cases are correct, while technically keeping API compat.