diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/budget/BudgetService.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/budget/BudgetService.java
index 5e58c0d6..213cf716 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/budget/BudgetService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/budget/BudgetService.java
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ public void deleteById(String id, Context vertxContext, Map<String, String> head
     });
   }
 
-  public Future<Void> updateBatchBudgets(List<Budget> budgets, DBConn conn) {
-    budgets.forEach(this::clearReadOnlyFields);
+  public Future<Void> updateBatchBudgets(List<Budget> budgets, DBConn conn, boolean clearReadOnlyFields) {
+    if (Boolean.TRUE.equals(clearReadOnlyFields)) {
+      budgets.forEach(this::clearReadOnlyFields);
+    }
     return budgetDAO.updateBatchBudgets(budgets, conn);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/financedata/FinanceDataService.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/financedata/FinanceDataService.java
index 66d11a2e..40cdf1c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/financedata/FinanceDataService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/financedata/FinanceDataService.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ private Future<Void> processBudgetUpdate(FyFinanceDataCollection entity, DBConn
       .toList();
     return budgetService.getBudgetsByIds(budgetIds, conn)
       .map(budgets -> setNewValuesForBudgets(budgets, entity))
-      .compose(budgets -> budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(budgets, conn));
+      .compose(budgets -> budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(budgets, conn, false));
   }
 
   private List<Fund> setNewValuesForFunds(List<Fund> funds, FyFinanceDataCollection entity) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/transactions/batch/BatchTransactionService.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/transactions/batch/BatchTransactionService.java
index 8f2a2f2e..d7e918b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/service/transactions/batch/BatchTransactionService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/service/transactions/batch/BatchTransactionService.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ private Future<Void> updateBudgets(BatchTransactionHolder holder, DBConn conn) {
     if (budgets.isEmpty()) {
       return succeededFuture();
     }
-    return budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(budgets, conn)
+    return budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(budgets, conn, true)
       .onSuccess(v -> logger.info("Batch transactions: successfully updated {} budgets", budgets.size()))
       .onFailure(t -> logger.error("Batch transactions: failed to update budgets, budgets = {}",
         Json.encode(budgets), t))
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/folio/service/fianancedata/FinanceDataServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/folio/service/fianancedata/FinanceDataServiceTest.java
index 26d829f0..5aa5c1ff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/folio/service/fianancedata/FinanceDataServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/folio/service/fianancedata/FinanceDataServiceTest.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ void shouldFailUpdateWhenFundServiceFails(VertxTestContext testContext) {
       .onComplete(testContext.failing(error -> {
         testContext.verify(() -> {
           assertEquals("Fund service error", error.getMessage());
-          verify(budgetService, never()).updateBatchBudgets(any(), any());
+          verify(budgetService, never()).updateBatchBudgets(any(), any(), any());
           verify(fundService, never()).updateFunds(any(), any());
         });
         testContext.completeNow();
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ private void setupMocks(Fund oldFund, Budget oldBudget) {
     when(fundService.getFundsByIds(any(), any())).thenReturn(Future.succeededFuture(List.of(oldFund)));
     when(fundService.updateFunds(any(), any())).thenReturn(Future.succeededFuture());
     when(budgetService.getBudgetsByIds(any(), any())).thenReturn(Future.succeededFuture(List.of(oldBudget)));
-    when(budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(any(), any())).thenReturn(Future.succeededFuture());
+    when(budgetService.updateBatchBudgets(any(), any(), any())).thenReturn(Future.succeededFuture());
   }
 
   private void setupMocksForFailure(RuntimeException expectedError) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private void verifyBudgetUpdates(FyFinanceDataCollection collection) {
     assertEquals(collection.getFyFinanceData().get(0).getBudgetId(), budgetIdsCaptor.getValue().get(0));
 
     ArgumentCaptor<List<Budget>> budgetCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(List.class);
-    verify(budgetService).updateBatchBudgets(budgetCaptor.capture(), eq(dbConn));
+    verify(budgetService).updateBatchBudgets(budgetCaptor.capture(), eq(dbConn), any());
     Budget updatedBudget = budgetCaptor.getValue().get(0);
 
     assertNotEquals("NAME CHANGED", updatedBudget.getName());