diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index b8e1228..fdc4d6d 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -285,6 +285,6 @@ private function resetTransactionNestingLevel()
      */
     public function isUpdateQuery($query)
     {
-        return !preg_match('/^[\s\n\r\t(]*(select|show) /i', $query);
+        return !preg_match('/^[\s\n\r\t(]*(select|show|describe)[\s\n\r\t(]+/i', $query);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/ConnectionTest.php b/tests/unit/ConnectionTest.php
index 3267d1a..bb2b3c1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/ConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/ConnectionTest.php
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public function isUpdateQueryDataProvider()
             ['DELETE ', true],
             ['SELECT ', false],
             ['select ', false],
+            ["\n\tSELECT\n", false],
             ['(select ', false],
             [' (select ', false],
             ['