diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-neo4j.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-neo4j.adoc
index ca4c60e..0d36201 100644
--- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-neo4j.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/includes/quarkus-neo4j.adoc
@@ -122,6 +122,23 @@ endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
 |`false`
 
 
+a| [[quarkus-neo4j_quarkus.neo4j.max-transaction-retry-time]]`link:#quarkus-neo4j_quarkus.neo4j.max-transaction-retry-time[quarkus.neo4j.max-transaction-retry-time]`
+
+[.description]
+--
+Configure the maximum time transactions are allowed to retry.
+
+ifdef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: env_var_with_copy_button:+++QUARKUS_NEO4J_MAX_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME+++[]
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+ifndef::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+Environment variable: `+++QUARKUS_NEO4J_MAX_TRANSACTION_RETRY_TIME+++`
+endif::add-copy-button-to-env-var[]
+--|link:https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Duration.html[Duration]
+  link:#duration-note-anchor-{summaryTableId}[icon:question-circle[], title=More information about the Duration format]
+|`30S`
+
+
 a|icon:lock[title=Fixed at build time] [[quarkus-neo4j_quarkus.neo4j.devservices.additional-env-additional-env]]`link:#quarkus-neo4j_quarkus.neo4j.devservices.additional-env-additional-env[quarkus.neo4j.devservices.additional-env]`
 
 [.description]
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jConfiguration.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jConfiguration.java
index 64ae5e4..90e60e8 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jConfiguration.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jConfiguration.java
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ public class Neo4jConfiguration {
     @ConfigDocSection
     public TrustSettings trustSettings;
 
+    /**
+     * Configure the maximum time transactions are allowed to retry.
+     */
+    @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "30S")
+    public Duration maxTransactionRetryTime;
+
     /**
      * Connection pool.
      */
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jDriverRecorder.java b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jDriverRecorder.java
index b266a1f..529523b 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jDriverRecorder.java
+++ b/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/Neo4jDriverRecorder.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ public RuntimeValue<Driver> initializeDriver(Neo4jConfiguration configuration, S
         Config.ConfigBuilder configBuilder = createBaseConfig();
         configureSsl(configBuilder, configuration);
         configurePoolSettings(configBuilder, configuration.pool);
+        configBuilder.withMaxTransactionRetryTime(configuration.maxTransactionRetryTime.toMillis(), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
 
         Driver driver = GraphDatabase.driver(uri, authToken, configBuilder.build());
         shutdownContext.addShutdownTask(driver::close);