diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsFactory.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsFactory.java
index 0a6490c9a27..68c2097ec71 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsFactory.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsFactory.java
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.metrics.OperationTimer;
 import org.hyperledger.besu.plugin.services.storage.rocksdb.configuration.RocksDBConfiguration;
 
-import org.rocksdb.OptimisticTransactionDB;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
 import org.rocksdb.Statistics;
+import org.rocksdb.TransactionDB;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public RocksDBMetricsFactory(
   public RocksDBMetrics create(
       final MetricsSystem metricsSystem,
       final RocksDBConfiguration rocksDbConfiguration,
-      final OptimisticTransactionDB db,
+      final TransactionDB db,
       final Statistics stats) {
     final OperationTimer readLatency =
         metricsSystem
diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
index 63148e17a7a..181eebef0e1 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/segmented/RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage.java
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@
 import org.rocksdb.DBOptions;
 import org.rocksdb.Env;
 import org.rocksdb.LRUCache;
-import org.rocksdb.OptimisticTransactionDB;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksIterator;
 import org.rocksdb.Statistics;
 import org.rocksdb.Status;
+import org.rocksdb.TransactionDB;
 import org.rocksdb.TransactionDBOptions;
 import org.rocksdb.WriteOptions;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage
 
   private final DBOptions options;
   private final TransactionDBOptions txOptions;
-  private final OptimisticTransactionDB db;
+  private final TransactionDB db;
   private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
   private final Map<String, ColumnFamilyHandle> columnHandlesByName;
   private final RocksDBMetrics metrics;
@@ -114,8 +114,12 @@ public RocksDBColumnarKeyValueStorage(
       txOptions = new TransactionDBOptions();
       final List<ColumnFamilyHandle> columnHandles = new ArrayList<>(columnDescriptors.size());
       db =
-          OptimisticTransactionDB.open(
-              options, configuration.getDatabaseDir().toString(), columnDescriptors, columnHandles);
+          TransactionDB.open(
+              options,
+              txOptions,
+              configuration.getDatabaseDir().toString(),
+              columnDescriptors,
+              columnHandles);
       metrics = rocksDBMetricsFactory.create(metricsSystem, configuration, db, stats);
       final Map<Bytes, String> segmentsById =
           segments.stream()
diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/unsegmented/RocksDBKeyValueStorage.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/unsegmented/RocksDBKeyValueStorage.java
index 22d79cf2d60..9eaa47d4569 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/unsegmented/RocksDBKeyValueStorage.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/unsegmented/RocksDBKeyValueStorage.java
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
 
 import org.rocksdb.BlockBasedTableConfig;
 import org.rocksdb.LRUCache;
-import org.rocksdb.OptimisticTransactionDB;
 import org.rocksdb.Options;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksIterator;
 import org.rocksdb.Statistics;
 import org.rocksdb.Status;
+import org.rocksdb.TransactionDB;
+import org.rocksdb.TransactionDBOptions;
 import org.rocksdb.WriteOptions;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ public class RocksDBKeyValueStorage implements KeyValueStorage {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RocksDBKeyValueStorage.class);
 
   private final Options options;
-  private final OptimisticTransactionDB db;
+  private final TransactionDB db;
   private final AtomicBoolean closed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
   private final RocksDBMetrics rocksDBMetrics;
   private final WriteOptions tryDeleteOptions = new WriteOptions().setNoSlowdown(true);
@@ -76,7 +77,9 @@ public RocksDBKeyValueStorage(
               .setStatistics(stats);
       options.getEnv().setBackgroundThreads(configuration.getBackgroundThreadCount());
 
-      db = OptimisticTransactionDB.open(options, configuration.getDatabaseDir().toString());
+      db =
+          TransactionDB.open(
+              options, new TransactionDBOptions(), configuration.getDatabaseDir().toString());
       rocksDBMetrics = rocksDBMetricsFactory.create(metricsSystem, configuration, db, stats);
     } catch (final RocksDBException e) {
       throw new StorageException(e);
diff --git a/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsTest.java b/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsTest.java
index 960f11c5a17..ddcf58e4c22 100644
--- a/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsTest.java
+++ b/plugins/rocksdb/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/plugin/services/storage/rocksdb/RocksDBMetricsTest.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
-import org.rocksdb.OptimisticTransactionDB;
 import org.rocksdb.Statistics;
+import org.rocksdb.TransactionDB;
 
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class RocksDBMetricsTest {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class RocksDBMetricsTest {
   @Mock private LabelledMetric<OperationTimer> labelledMetricOperationTimerMock;
   @Mock private LabelledMetric<Counter> labelledMetricCounterMock;
   @Mock private OperationTimer operationTimerMock;
-  @Mock private OptimisticTransactionDB db;
+  @Mock private TransactionDB db;
   @Mock private Statistics stats;
 
   @Rule public final TemporaryFolder folder = new TemporaryFolder();