diff --git a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/persistence/ExtendedJpaTransactionManager.java b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/persistence/ExtendedJpaTransactionManager.java
index c8716ff835..37b04b999f 100644
--- a/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/persistence/ExtendedJpaTransactionManager.java
+++ b/fineract-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/infrastructure/core/persistence/ExtendedJpaTransactionManager.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.JdbcTransactionObjectSupport;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.EntityManagerHolder;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
@@ -65,10 +66,13 @@ protected void doCommit(DefaultTransactionStatus status) {
     }
 
     public boolean isReadOnlyConnection() {
-        try (Connection connection = getDataSource().getConnection()) {
+        Connection connection = DataSourceUtils.getConnection(getDataSource());
+        try {
             return connection.isReadOnly();
         } catch (SQLException e) {
             throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+        } finally {
+            DataSourceUtils.releaseConnection(connection, getDataSource());
         }
     }