diff --git a/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-backend-mongodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/backend/MongoDbSubmodelOperations.java b/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-backend-mongodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/backend/MongoDbSubmodelOperations.java
index 937e39d5f..db3430030 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-backend-mongodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/backend/MongoDbSubmodelOperations.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelservice/basyx.submodelservice-backend-mongodb/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelservice/backend/MongoDbSubmodelOperations.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Update;
 
 import com.mongodb.client.result.UpdateResult;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 
 /**
  * MongoDb implementation of the {@link SubmodelOperations}
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ public void updateSubmodelElement(String submodelId, String idShortPath, Submode
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Transactional
     public synchronized void deleteSubmodelElement(String submodelId, String idShortPath) throws ElementDoesNotExistException {
 
         Submodel submodel = getSubmodel(submodelId);