diff --git a/service/pkg/db/db.go b/service/pkg/db/db.go
index 038ee0543d..3db39d11e0 100644
--- a/service/pkg/db/db.go
+++ b/service/pkg/db/db.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func (t Table) Field(field string) string {
 // We can rename this but wanted to get mocks working.
 type PgxIface interface {
 	Acquire(ctx context.Context) (*pgxpool.Conn, error)
+	Begin(ctx context.Context) (pgx.Tx, error)
 	Exec(context.Context, string, ...any) (pgconn.CommandTag, error)
 	QueryRow(context.Context, string, ...any) pgx.Row
 	Query(context.Context, string, ...any) (pgx.Rows, error)
diff --git a/service/policy/db/policy.go b/service/policy/db/policy.go
index cb2304500c..5889f9398f 100644
--- a/service/policy/db/policy.go
+++ b/service/policy/db/policy.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/common"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/service/logger"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/service/pkg/db"
@@ -19,6 +22,18 @@ type PolicyDBClient struct {
 	*Queries
 }
 
+func (c *PolicyDBClient) BeginTx(ctx context.Context) (pgx.Tx, error) {
+	tx, err := c.Client.Pgx.Begin(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return tx, nil
+}
+
+func (c *PolicyDBClient) WithTx(tx pgx.Tx) *PolicyDBClient {
+	return &PolicyDBClient{c.Client, c.logger, c.Queries.WithTx(tx)}
+}
+
 func NewClient(c *db.Client, logger *logger.Logger) PolicyDBClient {
 	return PolicyDBClient{c, logger, New(c.Pgx)}
 }
diff --git a/service/policy/db/utils.go b/service/policy/db/utils.go
index 30864bb909..657d71eab4 100644
--- a/service/policy/db/utils.go
+++ b/service/policy/db/utils.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgtype"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/common"
 	"github.com/opentdf/platform/protocol/go/policy"
@@ -59,3 +61,9 @@ func pgtypeBool(b bool) pgtype.Bool {
 		Valid: true,
 	}
 }
+
+// Helper function for swallowing the error in a Pgx Transaction rollback per the documentation
+func TxRollback(ctx context.Context, tx pgx.Tx) {
+	//nolint:errcheck // noop https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jackc/pgx#hdr-Transactions
+	tx.Rollback(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go b/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
index 5598f5880c..da68a7f6a0 100644
--- a/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
+++ b/service/policy/namespaces/namespaces.go
@@ -93,12 +93,24 @@ func (ns NamespacesService) CreateNamespace(ctx context.Context, req *namespaces
 	}
 	rsp := &namespaces.CreateNamespaceResponse{}
 
-	n, err := ns.dbClient.CreateNamespace(ctx, req)
+	tx, err := ns.dbClient.BeginTx(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
+		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, "begin txn failed", slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
+	}
+	defer policydb.TxRollback(ctx, tx)
+
+	n, err := ns.dbClient.WithTx(tx).CreateNamespace(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
 		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, db.ErrTextCreationFailed, slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
 	}
 
+	if err = tx.Commit(ctx); err != nil {
+		ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDFailure(ctx, auditParams)
+		return nil, db.StatusifyError(err, "commit txn failed", slog.String("name", req.GetName()))
+	}
+
 	auditParams.ObjectID = n.GetId()
 	auditParams.Original = n
 	ns.logger.Audit.PolicyCRUDSuccess(ctx, auditParams)