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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc. and Hibernate Authors
+ */
+package org.hibernate.orm.test.cache;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cache;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.DomainModel;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.SessionFactoryScope;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+@SessionFactory
+@DomainModel(annotatedClasses = {
+		NonUpdatableCacheTest.Person.class
+})
+public class NonUpdatableCacheTest {
+	private static final long PERSON_ID = 1L;
+	private static final String SSN = "1234";
+
+	@BeforeAll
+	public void setUp(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			session.persist( new Person( PERSON_ID, SSN, "p1" ) );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@AfterAll
+	public void tearDown(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			session.createMutationQuery( "delete from Person" ).executeUpdate();
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@Jira("https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-2781")
+	public void test(SessionFactoryScope scope) {
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final Person person = session.find( Person.class, PERSON_ID );
+			person.ssn = "4321";
+			person.name += " updated";
+		} );
+		scope.inTransaction( session -> {
+			final Person person = session.find( Person.class, PERSON_ID );
+			assertEquals( "p1 updated", person.getName() );
+			assertEquals( SSN, person.getSsn() );
+		} );
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "Person")
+	@Cacheable
+	@Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.TRANSACTIONAL)
+	public static class Person {
+
+		@Id
+		Long id;
+
+		@Column(unique = true, updatable = false)
+		String ssn;
+		String name;
+
+
+		public Person() {
+		}
+
+		public Person(final long id, String ssn, final String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.ssn = ssn;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public String getSsn() {
+			return ssn;
+		}
+
+	}
+}