diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 13aa9c3..82674ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
     <artifactId>sesame-spring</artifactId>
-    <version>2.6.10</version>
+    <version>2.7.3</version>
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
 
     <description>
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
             <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
             <artifactId>sesame-repository-sail</artifactId>
             <version>${sesame.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openrdf.sesame</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrdf/spring/RepositoryConnectionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/openrdf/spring/RepositoryConnectionFactory.java
index b562a61..6342360 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrdf/spring/RepositoryConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrdf/spring/RepositoryConnectionFactory.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public void closeConnection() {
     @Override
     public SesameTransactionObject createTransaction() throws RepositoryException {
         RepositoryConnection connection = repository.getConnection();
-        connection.setAutoCommit(false);
+        connection.begin();
 
         SesameTransactionObject sesameTransactionObject = new SesameTransactionObject(connection);
         localTransactionObject.set(sesameTransactionObject);