diff --git a/data-hibernate-jpa/src/test/java/io/micronaut/data/hibernate/BookRepository.java b/data-hibernate-jpa/src/test/java/io/micronaut/data/hibernate/BookRepository.java
index 7c9cc47612..088b163a07 100644
--- a/data-hibernate-jpa/src/test/java/io/micronaut/data/hibernate/BookRepository.java
+++ b/data-hibernate-jpa/src/test/java/io/micronaut/data/hibernate/BookRepository.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public BookRepository(AuthorRepository authorRepository) {
         super(authorRepository);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public abstract Book save(Book book);
+
     /**
      * @deprecated Order by 'author.name' case without a join. Hibernate will do the cross join if the association property is accessed by the property path without join.
      */
@@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ public BookRepository(AuthorRepository authorRepository) {
     @Query(value = "select count(*) from book b where b.title like :title and b.total_pages > :pages", nativeQuery = true)
     abstract int countNativeByTitleWithPagesGreaterThan(String title, int pages);
 
-    @Query(value = "select * from book where (CASE WHEN CAST(:arg0 AS VARCHAR) is not null THEN title = :arg0 ELSE true END)", nativeQuery = true)
+    @Query(value = "select * from book where (CASE WHEN CAST(:arg0 AS VARCHAR) is not null THEN title = :arg0 ELSE true END) FOR UPDATE", nativeQuery = true)
     public abstract List<Book> listNativeBooksNullableSearch(@Nullable String arg0);
 
     @Query(value = "select * from book where (CASE WHEN exists ( select (:arg0) ) THEN title IN (:arg0) ELSE true END)", nativeQuery = true)
diff --git a/data-processor/src/main/java/io/micronaut/data/processor/visitors/finders/RawQueryMethodMatcher.java b/data-processor/src/main/java/io/micronaut/data/processor/visitors/finders/RawQueryMethodMatcher.java
index 4450b924b8..08777ad390 100644
--- a/data-processor/src/main/java/io/micronaut/data/processor/visitors/finders/RawQueryMethodMatcher.java
+++ b/data-processor/src/main/java/io/micronaut/data/processor/visitors/finders/RawQueryMethodMatcher.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 public class RawQueryMethodMatcher implements MethodMatcher {
 
     private static final Pattern UPDATE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*\\bupdate\\b.*");
+    private static final Pattern FOR_UPDATE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("for\\s+update");
     private static final Pattern DELETE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*\\bdelete\\b.*");
     private static final Pattern INSERT_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*\\binsert\\b.*");
     private static final Pattern RETURNING_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*\\breturning\\b.*");
@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ private DataMethod.OperationType findOperationType(String methodName, String que
             if (DeleteMethodMatcher.METHOD_PATTERN.matcher(methodName.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)).matches()) {
                 return DataMethod.OperationType.DELETE;
             }
-            return DataMethod.OperationType.UPDATE;
+            if (!FOR_UPDATE_PATTERN.matcher(query).find()) {
+                return DataMethod.OperationType.UPDATE;
+            }
         } else if (INSERT_PATTERN.matcher(query).find()) {
             if (RETURNING_PATTERN.matcher(query).find()) {
                 return DataMethod.OperationType.INSERT_RETURNING;
diff --git a/data-processor/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/data/processor/sql/BuildQuerySpec.groovy b/data-processor/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/data/processor/sql/BuildQuerySpec.groovy
index b0da47088e..2a92bf95d3 100644
--- a/data-processor/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/data/processor/sql/BuildQuerySpec.groovy
+++ b/data-processor/src/test/groovy/io/micronaut/data/processor/sql/BuildQuerySpec.groovy
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ import io.micronaut.data.jdbc.annotation.JdbcRepository;
 import io.micronaut.data.model.query.builder.sql.Dialect;
 import io.micronaut.data.tck.entities.Person;
 
-@JdbcRepository(dialect= Dialect.MYSQL)
+@JdbcRepository(dialect = Dialect.MYSQL)
 @io.micronaut.context.annotation.Executable
 interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {
 
@@ -2098,14 +2098,25 @@ interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {
             \""")
     $type customSelect(Long id);
 
+    @Query(\"""
+           SELECT * FROM person WHERE id = :id FOR
+           UPDATE
+           \""")
+    $type selectForUpdate(Long id);
+
 }
 """)
-        def method = repository.findPossibleMethods("customSelect").findFirst().get()
-        def selectQuery = getQuery(method)
+        def customSelectMethod = repository.findPossibleMethods("customSelect").findFirst().get()
+        def customSelectQuery = getQuery(customSelectMethod)
+        def selectForUpdateMethod = repository.findPossibleMethods("selectForUpdate").findFirst().get()
+        def selectForUpdateQuery = getQuery(selectForUpdateMethod)
 
         expect:
-        selectQuery.replace('\n', ' ') == "WITH ids AS (SELECT id FROM person) SELECT * FROM person "
-        method.classValue(DataMethod, "interceptor").get() == interceptor
+        customSelectQuery.replace('\n', ' ') == "WITH ids AS (SELECT id FROM person) SELECT * FROM person "
+        customSelectMethod.classValue(DataMethod, "interceptor").get() == interceptor
+
+        selectForUpdateQuery.replace('\n', ' ') == "SELECT * FROM person WHERE id = :id FOR UPDATE "
+        selectForUpdateMethod.classValue(DataMethod, "interceptor").get() == interceptor
 
         where:
         type                                          | interceptor