diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/executor/spanner/CloudClientExecutor.java b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/executor/spanner/CloudClientExecutor.java
index 55acf44abb..f4b59505b0 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner-executor/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/executor/spanner/CloudClientExecutor.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner-executor/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/executor/spanner/CloudClientExecutor.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.SpannerAsyncActionResponse;
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.StartBatchTransactionAction;
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.StartTransactionAction;
+import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.TransactionExecutionOptions;
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.UpdateCloudBackupAction;
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.UpdateCloudDatabaseDdlAction;
 import com.google.spanner.executor.v1.UpdateCloudInstanceAction;
@@ -227,13 +228,16 @@ private static class ReadWriteTransaction {
     private Mode finishMode;
     private SpannerException error;
     private final String transactionSeed;
+    private final boolean optimistic;
     // Set to true when the transaction runner completed, one of these three could happen: runner
     // committed, abandoned or threw an error.
     private boolean runnerCompleted;
 
-    public ReadWriteTransaction(DatabaseClient dbClient, String transactionSeed) {
+    public ReadWriteTransaction(
+        DatabaseClient dbClient, String transactionSeed, boolean optimistic) {
       this.dbClient = dbClient;
       this.transactionSeed = transactionSeed;
+      this.optimistic = optimistic;
       this.runnerCompleted = false;
     }
 
@@ -318,7 +322,10 @@ public void startRWTransaction() throws Exception {
       Runnable runnable =
           () -> {
             try {
-              runner = dbClient.readWriteTransaction();
+              runner =
+                  optimistic
+                      ? dbClient.readWriteTransaction(Options.optimisticLock())
+                      : dbClient.readWriteTransaction();
               LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, String.format("Ready to run callable %s\n", transactionSeed));
               runner.run(callable);
               transactionSucceeded(runner.getCommitTimestamp().toProto());
@@ -537,7 +544,8 @@ public synchronized void startReadOnlyTxn(
     }
 
     /** Start a read-write transaction. */
-    public synchronized void startReadWriteTxn(DatabaseClient dbClient, Metadata metadata)
+    public synchronized void startReadWriteTxn(
+        DatabaseClient dbClient, Metadata metadata, TransactionExecutionOptions options)
         throws Exception {
       if ((rwTxn != null) || (roTxn != null) || (batchTxn != null)) {
         throw SpannerExceptionFactory.newSpannerException(
@@ -548,7 +556,7 @@ public synchronized void startReadWriteTxn(DatabaseClient dbClient, Metadata met
           String.format(
               "There's no active transaction, safe to create rwTxn: %s\n", getTransactionSeed()));
       this.metadata = metadata;
-      rwTxn = new ReadWriteTransaction(dbClient, transactionSeed);
+      rwTxn = new ReadWriteTransaction(dbClient, transactionSeed, options.getOptimistic());
       LOGGER.log(
           Level.INFO,
           String.format(
@@ -2246,7 +2254,7 @@ private Status executeStartTxn(
             Level.INFO,
             "Starting read-write transaction %s\n",
             executionContext.getTransactionSeed());
-        executionContext.startReadWriteTxn(dbClient, metadata);
+        executionContext.startReadWriteTxn(dbClient, metadata, action.getExecutionOptions());
       }
       executionContext.setDatabaseClient(dbClient);
       executionContext.initReadState();