diff --git a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/BulkImportProxyStorage.java b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/BulkImportProxyStorage.java
index d2b07f3..6b001af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/BulkImportProxyStorage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/supertokens/storage/mysql/BulkImportProxyStorage.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public synchronized Connection getTransactionConnection() throws SQLException, S
         if (this.connection == null) {
             Connection con = ConnectionPool.getConnectionForProxyStorage(this);
             this.connection = new BulkImportProxyConnection(con);
-            connection.setTransactionIsolation(Connection.TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ);
+            connection.setTransactionIsolation(Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED);
             connection.setAutoCommit(false);
         }
         return this.connection;