diff --git a/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Journal/BatchingSqlJournal.cs b/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Journal/BatchingSqlJournal.cs
index 36aeb315709..97d1dfcdf7e 100644
--- a/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Journal/BatchingSqlJournal.cs
+++ b/src/contrib/persistence/Akka.Persistence.Sql.Common/Journal/BatchingSqlJournal.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -800,8 +801,15 @@ private void FailChunkExecution(ChunkExecutionFailure message)
                         replayAll.ReplyTo.Tell(new EventReplayFailure(cause));
                         break;
 
+                    case SelectCurrentPersistenceIds select:
+                        // SqlJournal handled this failure case by using the default PipeTo failure
+                        // handler which sends a Status.Failure message back to the sender.
+                        select.ReplyTo.Tell(new Status.Failure(cause));
+                        break;
+
                     default:
-                        throw new Exception($"Unknown persistence journal request type [{request.GetType()}]");
+                        Log.Error(cause, $"Batching failure not reported to original sender. Unknown batched persistence journal request type [{request.GetType()}].");
+                        break;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -1096,10 +1104,12 @@ protected virtual async Task HandleSelectCurrentPersistenceIds(SelectCurrentPers
             command.Parameters.Clear();
             AddParameter(command, "@Ordering", DbType.Int64, message.Offset);
 
-            var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync();
-            while (await reader.ReadAsync())
+            using (var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync())
             {
-                result.Add(reader.GetString(0));
+                while (await reader.ReadAsync())
+                {
+                    result.Add(reader.GetString(0));
+                }
             }
 
             message.ReplyTo.Tell(new CurrentPersistenceIds(result, highestOrderingNumber));