diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeConnector.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeConnector.java
index 87cfdaeab9a2..1a0dbf151ed1 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeConnector.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeConnector.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Verify.verify;
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;
 import static io.trino.spi.transaction.IsolationLevel.READ_COMMITTED;
 import static io.trino.spi.transaction.IsolationLevel.checkConnectorSupports;
@@ -193,7 +192,6 @@ public Iterable<EventListener> getEventListeners()
     public ConnectorTransactionHandle beginTransaction(IsolationLevel isolationLevel, boolean readOnly, boolean autoCommit)
     {
         checkConnectorSupports(READ_COMMITTED, isolationLevel);
-        verify(autoCommit, "Catalog only supports writes using autocommit: DeltaLake");
         ConnectorTransactionHandle transaction = new HiveTransactionHandle(true);
         transactionManager.begin(transaction);
         return transaction;
diff --git a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
index 7a2c6381047c..5d0b2c58fad3 100644
--- a/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
+++ b/testing/trino-testing/src/main/java/io/trino/testing/BaseConnectorTest.java
@@ -492,6 +492,16 @@ public void testSelectAll()
         assertQuery("SELECT * FROM orders");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSelectInTransaction()
+    {
+        inTransaction(session -> {
+            assertQuery(session, "SELECT nationkey, name, regionkey FROM nation");
+            assertQuery(session, "SELECT regionkey, name FROM region");
+            assertQuery(session, "SELECT nationkey, name, regionkey FROM nation");
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Test interactions between optimizer (including CBO), scheduling and connector metadata APIs.
      */
@@ -2359,6 +2369,22 @@ protected String errorMessageForInsertIntoNotNullColumn(String columnName)
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("This method should be overridden");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testInsertInTransaction()
+    {
+        skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_INSERT));
+        skipTestUnless(hasBehavior(SUPPORTS_MULTI_STATEMENT_WRITES)); // covered by testWriteNotAllowedInTransaction
+
+        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(
+                getQueryRunner()::execute,
+                "test_tx_insert",
+                "(a bigint)")) {
+            String tableName = table.getName();
+            inTransaction(session -> assertUpdate(session, "INSERT INTO " + tableName + " VALUES 42", 1));
+            assertQuery("TABLE " + tableName, "VALUES 42");
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDelete()
     {