diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-years-lick.md b/.changeset/grumpy-years-lick.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92c15eeb6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-years-lick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/db": patch
+---
+
+Remove `db.transaction()` from type definitions until it is supported by our remote database adapter.
diff --git a/packages/db/src/runtime/config.ts b/packages/db/src/runtime/config.ts
index e4b4fcb596..337d89fcd8 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/runtime/config.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/runtime/config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import type {
 	TextColumnOpts,
 } from '../core/types.js';
 
-export type { LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
+import type { LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
+
+export type Database = Omit<LibSQLDatabase, 'transaction'>;
 
 function createColumn<S extends string, T extends Record<string, unknown>>(type: S, schema: T) {
 	return {
diff --git a/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts b/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
index e3d142dd2f..fe25d8c43f 100644
--- a/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
+++ b/packages/db/src/runtime/db-client.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,28 @@ import type { InStatement } from '@libsql/client';
 import { createClient } from '@libsql/client';
 import type { LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
 import { drizzle as drizzleLibsql } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql';
-import { drizzle as drizzleProxy } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-proxy';
+import { type SqliteRemoteDatabase, drizzle as drizzleProxy } from 'drizzle-orm/sqlite-proxy';
 import { z } from 'zod';
 import { safeFetch } from './utils.js';
 
 const isWebContainer = !!process.versions?.webcontainer;
 
+function applyTransactionNotSupported(db: SqliteRemoteDatabase) {
+	Object.assign(db, {
+		transaction() {
+			throw new Error(
+				'`db.transaction()` is not currently supported. We recommend `db.batch()` for automatic error rollbacks across multiple queries.'
+			);
+		},
+	});
+}
+
 export function createLocalDatabaseClient({ dbUrl }: { dbUrl: string }): LibSQLDatabase {
 	const url = isWebContainer ? 'file:content.db' : dbUrl;
 	const client = createClient({ url });
 	const db = drizzleLibsql(client);
 
+	applyTransactionNotSupported(db);
 	return db;
 }
 
@@ -131,5 +142,6 @@ export function createRemoteDatabaseClient(appToken: string, remoteDbURL: string
 			return results;
 		}
 	);
+	applyTransactionNotSupported(db);
 	return db;
 }
diff --git a/packages/db/virtual.d.ts b/packages/db/virtual.d.ts
index d522736b21..74e9e083a7 100644
--- a/packages/db/virtual.d.ts
+++ b/packages/db/virtual.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 declare module 'astro:db' {
 	type RuntimeConfig = typeof import('./dist/_internal/runtime/config.js');
 
-	export const db: import('./dist/_internal/runtime/config.js').LibSQLDatabase;
+	export const db: import('./dist/_internal/runtime/config.js').Database;
 	export const dbUrl: string;
 
 	export const sql: RuntimeConfig['sql'];