diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
index 95f422e4e7d3..a0ddc6bfcc36 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/SessionFactory.java
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public interface SessionFactory extends EntityManagerFactory, Referenceable, Ser
 	/**
 	 * Open a {@link Session} and use it to perform an action.
 	 */
-	default void inSession(Consumer<Session> action) {
+	default void inSession(Consumer<? super Session> action) {
 		try ( Session session = openSession() ) {
 			action.accept( session );
 		}
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ default void inSession(Consumer<Session> action) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.3
 	 */
-	default void inStatelessSession(Consumer<StatelessSession> action) {
+	default void inStatelessSession(Consumer<? super StatelessSession> action) {
 		try ( StatelessSession session = openStatelessSession() ) {
 			action.accept( session );
 		}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ default void inStatelessSession(Consumer<StatelessSession> action) {
 	 * @apiNote This method competes with the JPA-defined method
 	 *          {@link #runInTransaction}
 	 */
-	default void inTransaction(Consumer<Session> action) {
+	default void inTransaction(Consumer<? super Session> action) {
 		inSession( session -> manageTransaction( session, session.beginTransaction(), action ) );
 	}
 
@@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ default void inTransaction(Consumer<Session> action) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.3
 	 */
-	default void inStatelessTransaction(Consumer<StatelessSession> action) {
+	default void inStatelessTransaction(Consumer<? super StatelessSession> action) {
 		inStatelessSession( session -> manageTransaction( session, session.beginTransaction(), action ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Open a {@link Session} and use it to obtain a value.
 	 */
-	default <R> R fromSession(Function<Session,R> action) {
+	default <R> R fromSession(Function<? super Session,R> action) {
 		try ( Session session = openSession() ) {
 			return action.apply( session );
 		}
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ default <R> R fromSession(Function<Session,R> action) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.3
 	 */
-	default <R> R fromStatelessSession(Function<StatelessSession,R> action) {
+	default <R> R fromStatelessSession(Function<? super StatelessSession,R> action) {
 		try ( StatelessSession session = openStatelessSession() ) {
 			return action.apply( session );
 		}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ default <R> R fromStatelessSession(Function<StatelessSession,R> action) {
 	 * @apiNote This method competes with the JPA-defined method
 	 *          {@link #callInTransaction}
 	 */
-	default <R> R fromTransaction(Function<Session,R> action) {
+	default <R> R fromTransaction(Function<? super Session,R> action) {
 		return fromSession( session -> manageTransaction( session, session.beginTransaction(), action ) );
 	}
 
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ default <R> R fromTransaction(Function<Session,R> action) {
 	 *
 	 * @since 6.3
 	 */
-	default <R> R fromStatelessTransaction(Function<StatelessSession,R> action) {
+	default <R> R fromStatelessTransaction(Function<? super StatelessSession,R> action) {
 		return fromStatelessSession( session -> manageTransaction( session, session.beginTransaction(), action ) );
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JdbcSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JdbcSettings.java
index 5cb640aabe69..65b453a95f9d 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JdbcSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/JdbcSettings.java
@@ -255,9 +255,11 @@ public interface JdbcSettings extends C3p0Settings, ProxoolSettings, AgroalSetti
 
 	/**
 	 * Controls the autocommit mode of JDBC connections obtained from any
-	 * {@link ConnectionProvider} implementation
-	 * which respects this setting, which the built-in implementations do, except for
+	 * {@link ConnectionProvider} implementation which respects this setting,
+	 * which includes the built-in implementations do, except for
 	 * {@link org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl}.
+	 *
+	 * @settingDefault {@code false}
 	 */
 	String AUTOCOMMIT = "hibernate.connection.autocommit";
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
index 04a26e20c068..d96db932bd60 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/SessionFactoryImpl.java
@@ -904,15 +904,14 @@ public <E> Map<String, EntityGraph<? extends E>> getNamedEntityGraphs(Class<E> e
 		return getJpaMetamodel().getNamedEntityGraphs( entityType );
 	}
 
-	@Override @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
+	@Override
 	public void runInTransaction(Consumer<EntityManager> work) {
-		inTransaction( (Consumer) work );
+		inTransaction( work );
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <R> R callInTransaction(Function<EntityManager, R> work) {
-		//noinspection unchecked,rawtypes
-		return (R) fromTransaction( (Function) work );
+		return fromTransaction( work );
 	}
 
 	@Override