diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43840b7..39bf163 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.13.0] - 2024-02-13
+
+### Added
+
+* `TransactionHelper` only attempts to rollback if the transaction was created by the helper.
+
 ## [1.12.3] - 2024-01-11
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f71e84b..ef52e60 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=1.12.3
\ No newline at end of file
+version=1.13.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tw-base-utils/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/baseutils/transactionsmanagement/TransactionsHelper.java b/tw-base-utils/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/baseutils/transactionsmanagement/TransactionsHelper.java
index f16a66c..0fbf6b7 100644
--- a/tw-base-utils/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/baseutils/transactionsmanagement/TransactionsHelper.java
+++ b/tw-base-utils/src/main/java/com/transferwise/common/baseutils/transactionsmanagement/TransactionsHelper.java
@@ -106,14 +106,17 @@ public <T> T call(Callable<T> callable) {
         }
 
         TransactionStatus status = transactionManager.getTransaction(def);
+        boolean newTransaction = status.isNewTransaction();
         T result;
         try {
           result = callable.call();
         } catch (Throwable t) {
-          try {
-            transactionManager.rollback(status);
-          } catch (Throwable t2) {
-            log.error("Failed to rollback transaction '{}' ({}).", name != null ? name : "<no-txn-name>", def, t2);
+          if (newTransaction) {
+            try {
+              transactionManager.rollback(status);
+            } catch (Throwable t2) {
+              log.error("Failed to rollback transaction '{}' ({}).", name != null ? name : "<no-txn-name>", def, t2);
+            }
           }
           throw t;
         }