diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-manual.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-manual.yml
index 405f4c517..32ebff319 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-manual.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate testnets
         working-directory: test/e2e
         # When changing -g, also change the matrix groups above
-        run: ./build/generator -g 4 -d networks/nightly/
+        run: ./generator-multiversion.sh -g 4 -d networks/nightly/
 
       - name: Run ${{ matrix.p2p }} p2p testnets
         working-directory: test/e2e
diff --git a/test/e2e/generator/generate.go b/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
index f0c6fef7d..a5f6da241 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generator/generate.go
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ var (
 		},
 		"validators": {"genesis", "initchain"},
 	}
-
+	nodeVersions = weightedChoice{
+		"": 2,
+	}
 	// The following specify randomly chosen values for testnet nodes.
 	nodeDatabases = uniformChoice{"goleveldb", "cleveldb", "rocksdb", "boltdb", "badgerdb"}
 	ipv6          = uniformChoice{false, true}
@@ -52,7 +54,10 @@ var (
 )
 
 // Generate generates random testnets using the given RNG.
-func Generate(r *rand.Rand) ([]e2e.Manifest, error) {
+func Generate(r *rand.Rand, multiversion string) ([]e2e.Manifest, error) {
+	if multiversion != "" {
+		nodeVersions[multiversion] = 1
+	}
 	manifests := []e2e.Manifest{}
 	for _, opt := range combinations(testnetCombinations) {
 		manifest, err := generateTestnet(r, opt)
@@ -206,6 +211,7 @@ func generateNode(
 	r *rand.Rand, mode e2e.Mode, startAt int64, initialHeight int64, forceArchive bool,
 ) *e2e.ManifestNode {
 	node := e2e.ManifestNode{
+		Version:          nodeVersions.Choose(r).(string),
 		Mode:             string(mode),
 		StartAt:          startAt,
 		Database:         nodeDatabases.Choose(r).(string),
diff --git a/test/e2e/generator/main.go b/test/e2e/generator/main.go
index 57c8f4a4c..0fd7cf6ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/generator/main.go
+++ b/test/e2e/generator/main.go
@@ -44,26 +44,32 @@ func NewCLI() *CLI {
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-			return cli.generate(dir, groups)
+			multiversion, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("multi-version")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return cli.generate(dir, groups, multiversion)
 		},
 	}
 
 	cli.root.PersistentFlags().StringP("dir", "d", "", "Output directory for manifests")
 	_ = cli.root.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("dir")
+	cli.root.PersistentFlags().StringP("multi-version", "m", "", "Include multi-version testing."+
+		"If multi-version is not specified, then only the current Tendermint version will be used in generated testnets.")
 	cli.root.PersistentFlags().IntP("groups", "g", 0, "Number of groups")
 
 	return cli
 }
 
 // generate generates manifests in a directory.
-func (cli *CLI) generate(dir string, groups int) error {
+func (cli *CLI) generate(dir string, groups int, multiversion string) error {
 	err := os.MkdirAll(dir, 0o755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	//nolint:gosec // G404: Use of weak random number generator (math/rand instead of crypto/rand)
-	manifests, err := Generate(rand.New(rand.NewSource(randomSeed)))
+	manifests, err := Generate(rand.New(rand.NewSource(randomSeed)), multiversion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}