diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/resave/ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/resave/ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline.java
index 54529a4b7..d67fc64a3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/resave/ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/resave/ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline.java
@@ -14,11 +14,14 @@
 
 package google.registry.beam.resave;
 
+import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
 import static google.registry.persistence.transaction.TransactionManagerFactory.jpaTm;
 import static org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptors.integers;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Streams;
 import google.registry.beam.common.RegistryJpaIO;
 import google.registry.beam.common.RegistryJpaIO.Read;
 import google.registry.model.EppResource;
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ import google.registry.model.domain.Domain;
 import google.registry.model.domain.DomainBase;
 import google.registry.model.host.Host;
 import google.registry.persistence.PersistenceModule.TransactionIsolationLevel;
-import google.registry.persistence.transaction.CriteriaQueryBuilder;
+import google.registry.persistence.VKey;
 import google.registry.util.DateTimeUtils;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ public class ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline implements Serializable {
    * multiple times, and to avoid projecting and resaving the same domain multiple times.
    */
   private static final String DOMAINS_TO_PROJECT_QUERY =
-      "FROM Domain d WHERE (d.transferData.transferStatus = 'PENDING' AND"
+      "SELECT repoId FROM Domain d WHERE (d.transferData.transferStatus = 'PENDING' AND"
           + " d.transferData.pendingTransferExpirationTime < current_timestamp()) OR"
           + " (d.registrationExpirationTime < current_timestamp() AND d.deletionTime ="
           + " (:END_OF_TIME)) OR (EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM GracePeriod gp WHERE gp.domainRepoId ="
@@ -99,13 +102,13 @@ public class ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline implements Serializable {
 
   /** Projects to the current time and saves any contacts with expired transfers. */
   private void fastResaveContacts(Pipeline pipeline) {
-    Read<Contact, Contact> read =
+    Read<String, String> repoIdRead =
         RegistryJpaIO.read(
-            "FROM Contact WHERE transferData.transferStatus = 'PENDING' AND"
+            "SELECT repoId FROM Contact WHERE transferData.transferStatus = 'PENDING' AND"
                 + " transferData.pendingTransferExpirationTime < current_timestamp()",
-            Contact.class,
-            c -> c);
-    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, Contact.class, read);
+            String.class,
+            r -> r);
+    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, Contact.class, repoIdRead);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -116,61 +119,72 @@ public class ResaveAllEppResourcesPipeline implements Serializable {
    * DomainBase#cloneProjectedAtTime(DateTime)}.
    */
   private void fastResaveDomains(Pipeline pipeline) {
-    Read<Domain, Domain> read =
+    Read<String, String> repoIdRead =
         RegistryJpaIO.read(
             DOMAINS_TO_PROJECT_QUERY,
             ImmutableMap.of("END_OF_TIME", DateTimeUtils.END_OF_TIME),
-            Domain.class,
-            d -> d);
-    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, Domain.class, read);
+            String.class,
+            r -> r);
+    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, Domain.class, repoIdRead);
   }
 
   /** Projects all resources to the current time and saves them. */
   private <T extends EppResource> void forceResaveAllResources(Pipeline pipeline, Class<T> clazz) {
-    Read<T, T> read = RegistryJpaIO.read(() -> CriteriaQueryBuilder.create(clazz).build());
-    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, clazz, read);
+    Read<String, String> repoIdRead =
+        RegistryJpaIO.read(
+            // Note: cannot use SQL parameters for the table name
+            String.format("SELECT repoId FROM %s", clazz.getSimpleName()), String.class, r -> r);
+    projectAndResaveResources(pipeline, clazz, repoIdRead);
   }
 
-  /** Projects and re-saves the result of the provided {@link Read}. */
+  /** Projects and re-saves all resources with repo IDs provided by the {@link Read}. */
   private <T extends EppResource> void projectAndResaveResources(
-      Pipeline pipeline, Class<T> clazz, Read<?, T> read) {
+      Pipeline pipeline, Class<T> clazz, Read<?, String> repoIdRead) {
     int numShards = options.getSqlWriteShards();
     int batchSize = options.getSqlWriteBatchSize();
     String className = clazz.getSimpleName();
     pipeline
-        .apply("Read " + className, read)
+        .apply("Read " + className, repoIdRead)
         .apply(
             "Shard data for class" + className,
-            WithKeys.<Integer, T>of(e -> ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(numShards))
+            WithKeys.<Integer, String>of(e -> ThreadLocalRandom.current().nextInt(numShards))
                 .withKeyType(integers()))
         .apply(
             "Group into batches for class" + className,
-            GroupIntoBatches.<Integer, T>ofSize(batchSize).withShardedKey())
-        .apply("Map " + className + " to now", ParDo.of(new BatchedProjectionFunction<>()))
+            GroupIntoBatches.<Integer, String>ofSize(batchSize).withShardedKey())
         .apply(
-            "Write transformed " + className,
-            RegistryJpaIO.<EppResource>write()
-                .withName("Write transformed " + className)
-                .withBatchSize(batchSize)
-                .withShards(numShards));
+            "Load, map, and save " + className,
+            ParDo.of(new BatchedLoadProjectAndSaveFunction(clazz)));
   }
 
-  private static class BatchedProjectionFunction<T extends EppResource>
-      extends DoFn<KV<ShardedKey<Integer>, Iterable<T>>, EppResource> {
+  /** Function that loads, projects, and saves resources all in the same transaction. */
+  private static class BatchedLoadProjectAndSaveFunction
+      extends DoFn<KV<ShardedKey<Integer>, Iterable<String>>, Void> {
+
+    private final Class<? extends EppResource> clazz;
+
+    private BatchedLoadProjectAndSaveFunction(Class<? extends EppResource> clazz) {
+      this.clazz = clazz;
+    }
 
     @ProcessElement
     public void processElement(
-        @Element KV<ShardedKey<Integer>, Iterable<T>> element,
-        OutputReceiver<EppResource> outputReceiver) {
+        @Element KV<ShardedKey<Integer>, Iterable<String>> element,
+        OutputReceiver<Void> outputReceiver) {
       jpaTm()
           .transact(
-              () ->
-                  element
-                      .getValue()
-                      .forEach(
-                          resource ->
-                              outputReceiver.output(
-                                  resource.cloneProjectedAtTime(jpaTm().getTransactionTime()))));
+              () -> {
+                DateTime now = jpaTm().getTransactionTime();
+                ImmutableList<VKey<? extends EppResource>> keys =
+                    Streams.stream(element.getValue())
+                        .map(repoId -> VKey.create(clazz, repoId))
+                        .collect(toImmutableList());
+                ImmutableList<EppResource> mappedResources =
+                    jpaTm().loadByKeys(keys).values().stream()
+                        .map(r -> r.cloneProjectedAtTime(now))
+                        .collect(toImmutableList());
+                jpaTm().putAll(mappedResources);
+              });
     }
   }