diff --git a/jbpm-services/jbpm-services-ejb/jbpm-services-ejb-timer/src/main/java/org/jbpm/services/ejb/timer/EJBTimerScheduler.java b/jbpm-services/jbpm-services-ejb/jbpm-services-ejb-timer/src/main/java/org/jbpm/services/ejb/timer/EJBTimerScheduler.java
index 325b85de0a..88aafbe941 100644
--- a/jbpm-services/jbpm-services-ejb/jbpm-services-ejb-timer/src/main/java/org/jbpm/services/ejb/timer/EJBTimerScheduler.java
+++ b/jbpm-services/jbpm-services-ejb/jbpm-services-ejb-timer/src/main/java/org/jbpm/services/ejb/timer/EJBTimerScheduler.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 import javax.ejb.Timer;
 import javax.ejb.TimerConfig;
 import javax.ejb.TimerHandle;
+import javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute;
+import javax.ejb.TransactionAttributeType;
 
 import org.drools.core.time.JobHandle;
 import org.drools.core.time.impl.TimerJobInstance;
@@ -109,49 +111,60 @@ public void executeTimerJob(Timer timer) {
             Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
         }        
         try {
-           ((Callable<?>) timerJobInstance).call();
+            invokeTransaction(this::executeTimerJobInstance, timerJobInstance);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             recoverTimerJobInstance(timerJob, timer, e);
         }
     }
 
+    private void executeTimerJobInstance(TimerJobInstance timerJobInstance) throws Exception {
+        ((Callable<?>) timerJobInstance).call();
+    }
 
     private void recoverTimerJobInstance(EjbTimerJob ejbTimerJob, Timer timer,  Exception cause) {
-        
-        TimerJobInstance timerJobInstance = ejbTimerJob.getTimerJobInstance();
+        Transaction<TimerJobInstance> tx;
         if (isSessionNotFound(cause)) {
             // if session is not found means the process has already finished. In this case we just need to remove
             // the timer and avoid any recovery as it should not trigger any more timers.
-            logger.warn("Trying to recover timer. Not possible due to process instance is not found. More likely already completed. Timer {} won't be recovered", timerJobInstance, cause);
-            if (!removeJob(timerJobInstance.getJobHandle(), timer)) {
+            tx = timerJobInstance -> {
+                logger.warn("Trying to recover timer. Not possible due to process instance is not found. More likely already completed. Timer {} won't be recovered", timerJobInstance, cause);
+                if (!removeJob(timerJobInstance.getJobHandle(), timer)) {
                     logger.warn("Session not found for timer {}. Timer could not removed.", timerJobInstance);
-            }            
+                }
+            };
         }
-        else if (timerJobInstance.getTrigger().hasNextFireTime() != null) {
+        else if (ejbTimerJob.getTimerJobInstance().getTrigger().hasNextFireTime() != null) {
             // this is an interval trigger. Problem here is that the timer scheduled by DefaultTimerJobInstance is lost
             // because of the transaction, so we need to do this here.
-            
-            logger.warn("Execution of time failed Interval Trigger failed. Skipping {}", timerJobInstance);
-            if (removeJob(timerJobInstance.getJobHandle(), null)) {
-                internalSchedule(timerJobInstance);
-            } else {
+            tx = timerJobInstance -> {
+                logger.warn("Execution of time failed Interval Trigger failed. Skipping {}", timerJobInstance);
+                if (removeJob(timerJobInstance.getJobHandle(), null)) {
+                    internalSchedule(timerJobInstance);
+                } else {
                     logger.debug("Interval trigger {} was removed before rescheduling", timerJobInstance);
-            }
-            
+                }
+            };
         }
         else {
             // if there is not next date to be fired, we need to apply policy otherwise will be lost
-            logger.warn("Execution of time failed. The timer will be retried {}", timerJobInstance);
-            ZonedDateTime nextRetry = ZonedDateTime.now().plus(TIMER_RETRY_INTERVAL, ChronoUnit.MILLIS);
-            EjbTimerJobRetry info = ejbTimerJob instanceof EjbTimerJobRetry ? ((EjbTimerJobRetry) ejbTimerJob).next() : new EjbTimerJobRetry(timerJobInstance);
-            if (TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT > 0 && info.getRetry() > TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT) {
-                logger.warn("The timer {} reached retry limit {}. It won't be retried again", timerJobInstance, TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT);
-            } else {
-                TimerConfig config = new TimerConfig(info, true);
-                Timer newTimer = timerService.createSingleActionTimer(Date.from(nextRetry.toInstant()), config);
-                ((GlobalJpaTimerJobInstance) timerJobInstance).setTimerInfo(newTimer.getHandle());
-                ((GlobalJpaTimerJobInstance) timerJobInstance).setExternalTimerId(getPlatformTimerId(newTimer));
-            }
+            tx = timerJobInstance -> {
+                logger.warn("Execution of time failed. The timer will be retried {}", timerJobInstance);
+                ZonedDateTime nextRetry = ZonedDateTime.now().plus(TIMER_RETRY_INTERVAL, ChronoUnit.MILLIS);
+                EjbTimerJobRetry info = ejbTimerJob instanceof EjbTimerJobRetry ? ((EjbTimerJobRetry) ejbTimerJob).next() : new EjbTimerJobRetry(timerJobInstance);
+                if (TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT > 0 && info.getRetry() > TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT) {
+                    logger.warn("The timer {} reached retry limit {}. It won't be retried again", timerJobInstance, TIMER_RETRY_LIMIT);
+                } else {
+                    TimerConfig config = new TimerConfig(info, true);
+                    Timer newTimer = timerService.createSingleActionTimer(Date.from(nextRetry.toInstant()), config);
+                    ((GlobalJpaTimerJobInstance) timerJobInstance).setTimerInfo(newTimer.getHandle());
+                    ((GlobalJpaTimerJobInstance) timerJobInstance).setExternalTimerId(getPlatformTimerId(newTimer));
+                }
+            };
+        }
+        try {
+            invokeTransaction (tx, ejbTimerJob.getTimerJobInstance());
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Failed to executed timer recovery", e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -166,6 +179,25 @@ private boolean isSessionNotFound(Exception e) {
         return false;
     }
 
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    private interface Transaction<I> {
+        void doWork(I item) throws Exception;
+    }
+
+    @TransactionAttribute(value = TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRES_NEW)
+    public <I> void transaction(Transaction<I> operation, I item) throws Exception {
+        try {
+            operation.doWork(item);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            ctx.setRollbackOnly();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private <I> void invokeTransaction (Transaction<I> operation, I item) throws Exception {
+        ctx.getBusinessObject(EJBTimerScheduler.class).transaction(operation,item);
+    }
+
     public void internalSchedule(TimerJobInstance timerJobInstance) {
         Serializable info = removeTransientFields(new EjbTimerJob(timerJobInstance));
         TimerConfig config = new TimerConfig(info, true);
@@ -191,7 +223,7 @@ private String getPlatformTimerId(Timer timer) {
             Method method = timer.getClass().getMethod("getId");
             return (String) method.invoke(timer);
         } catch (Exception timerIdException) {
-            logger.trace("Failed to get the platform timer id", timerIdException);
+            logger.trace("Failed to get the platform timer id {}", timerIdException.getMessage(), timerIdException);
             return null;
         }
     }