diff --git a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/test/lib-dynamodb.e2e.spec.ts b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/test/lib-dynamodb.e2e.spec.ts
index 674904a7ac51..3035888d3a64 100644
--- a/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/test/lib-dynamodb.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/lib-dynamodb/src/test/lib-dynamodb.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -346,6 +346,19 @@ describe(
         })
         .catch(passError);
 
+      for (const k of Object.keys(data)) {
+        // this GET request uses ConsistentRead to ensure the previous TransactWrite
+        // has completed before the next TransactRead fires.
+        await doc
+          .get({
+            TableName,
+            Key: {
+              id: k + "-transact",
+            },
+          })
+          .catch(passError);
+      }
+
       log.transactRead = await doc
         .transactGet({
           TransactItems: [