diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
index 1c793eb0fc..bd32582b12 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/DefaultProcessingDatabase.ts
@@ -263,9 +263,10 @@ export class DefaultProcessingDatabase implements ProcessingDatabase {
       return items;
     };
 
-    const items = knex.isTransaction
-      ? await run(knex)
-      : await knex.transaction(run);
+    const items =
+      knex.isTransaction || !useLocking
+        ? await run(knex)
+        : await knex.transaction(run);
 
     return {
       items: items.map(
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/getDeferredStitchableEntities.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/getDeferredStitchableEntities.ts
index 4ed41e9308..0b77167ca3 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/getDeferredStitchableEntities.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/getDeferredStitchableEntities.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export async function getDeferredStitchableEntities(options: {
     }));
   };
 
-  if (knex.isTransaction) {
+  if (knex.isTransaction || !useLocking) {
     return run(knex);
   }
   return knex.transaction(run);