diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
index 4f2d97518..cad3499d8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/JpaTransactionManagerImpl.java
@@ -141,14 +141,15 @@ public class JpaTransactionManagerImpl implements JpaTransactionManager {
     // Postgresql-specific: 'set transaction' command must be called inside a transaction
     assertInTransaction();
 
-    EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManager();
+    ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager entityManager =
+        (ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager) getEntityManager();
     // Isolation is hardcoded to REPEATABLE READ, as specified by parent's Javadoc.
     entityManager
         .createNativeQuery("SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ")
-        .executeUpdate();
+        .executeUpdateIgnoringReadOnly();
     entityManager
         .createNativeQuery(String.format("SET TRANSACTION SNAPSHOT '%s'", snapshotId))
-        .executeUpdate();
+        .executeUpdateIgnoringReadOnly();
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager.java
index 227f99cb3..d2e929bee 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/transaction/ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager.java
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class ReadOnlyCheckingEntityManager implements EntityManager {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Query createNativeQuery(String sqlString) {
+  public ReadOnlyCheckingQuery createNativeQuery(String sqlString) {
     return new ReadOnlyCheckingQuery(delegate.createNativeQuery(sqlString));
   }