diff --git a/query-engine/driver-adapters/js/adapter-libsql/src/libsql.ts b/query-engine/driver-adapters/js/adapter-libsql/src/libsql.ts
index c011ef220e4a..95aa59199ad9 100644
--- a/query-engine/driver-adapters/js/adapter-libsql/src/libsql.ts
+++ b/query-engine/driver-adapters/js/adapter-libsql/src/libsql.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export class PrismaLibsql extends LibsqlQueryable<StdClient> implements DriverAd
 
   async startTransaction(): Promise<Result<Transaction>> {
     const options: TransactionOptions = {
-      usePhantomQuery: false,
+      usePhantomQuery: true,
     }
 
     const tag = '[js::startTransaction]'