diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/com/eventshare/api/demo/DemoUploadCountIT.java b/backend/src/test/java/com/eventshare/api/demo/DemoUploadCountIT.java
index 530ff33..a0400c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/com/eventshare/api/demo/DemoUploadCountIT.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/com/eventshare/api/demo/DemoUploadCountIT.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertyRegistry;
 import org.springframework.test.context.DynamicPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Propagation;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.testcontainers.containers.PostgreSQLContainer;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Container;
 import org.testcontainers.junit.jupiter.Testcontainers;
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ void countsIncludeDeletedUploadsAndExcludeSeededPhotos() {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Transactional(propagation = Propagation.NOT_SUPPORTED)
     void rawInsertDefaultsToNotSeededSoItCounts() {
         Event event = newEvent();
         jdbc.update("""