diff --git a/src/documents/management/commands/convert_mariadb_uuid.py b/src/documents/management/commands/convert_mariadb_uuid.py
index 4000e67cb..86c093700 100644
--- a/src/documents/management/commands/convert_mariadb_uuid.py
+++ b/src/documents/management/commands/convert_mariadb_uuid.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
 from django.db import connection
 from django.db import models
+from django.db import transaction
 
 from documents.models import Document
 
@@ -33,4 +34,5 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             )
 
     def handle(self, **options):
-        self.convert_field(Document, "transaction_id", null=True)
+        with transaction.atomic():
+            self.convert_field(Document, "transaction_id", null=True)