diff --git a/lib/waterdrop/clients/buffered.rb b/lib/waterdrop/clients/buffered.rb
index 3dad6367..f870bfab 100644
--- a/lib/waterdrop/clients/buffered.rb
+++ b/lib/waterdrop/clients/buffered.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,19 @@ def commit_transaction
         @transaction_active = false
       end
 
+      # Fakes storing the offset in a transactional fashion
+      #
+      # @param _consumer [#consumer_group_metadata_pointer] any consumer from which we can obtain
+      #   the librdkafka consumer group metadata pointer
+      # @param _topic [String] topic name
+      # @param _partition [Integer] partition
+      # @param _offset [Integer] offset we want to store
+      def send_offsets_to_transaction(_consumer, _topic, _partition, _offset)
+        return if @transaction_mutex.owned?
+
+        raise Errors::TransactionRequiredError
+      end
+
       # Aborts the transaction
       def abort_transaction
         @transaction_level -= 1
diff --git a/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions.rb b/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions.rb
index 056538a9..bf4852e2 100644
--- a/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions.rb
+++ b/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def transactional_store_offset(consumer, topic, partition, offset)
           tpl.add_topic_and_partitions_with_offsets(topic, partition => offset)
 
           with_transactional_error_handling(:store_offset) do
-            @client.send_offsets_to_transaction(
+            client.send_offsets_to_transaction(
               consumer,
               tpl,
               # This setting is at the moment in seconds and we require ms
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ def with_transactional_error_handling(action, allow_abortable: true)
           # Always attempt to abort but if aborting fails with an abortable error, do not attempt
           # to abort from abort as this could create an infinite loop
           with_transactional_error_handling(:abort, allow_abortable: false) do
-            transactional_instrument(:aborted) { @client.abort_transaction }
+            transactional_instrument(:aborted) { client.abort_transaction }
           end
 
           raise
diff --git a/spec/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions_spec.rb b/spec/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions_spec.rb
index dd5986f7..ded229be 100644
--- a/spec/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/waterdrop/producer/transactions_spec.rb
@@ -506,4 +506,30 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context 'when we try to store offsets without a transaction' do
+    it 'expect to raise an error' do
+      expect { producer.transactional_store_offset(nil, 'topic', 0, 0) }
+        .to raise_error(WaterDrop::Errors::TransactionRequiredError)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Full e2e integration of this is checked in Karafka as we do not operate on consumers here
+  context 'when trying to store offset inside a transaction' do
+    let(:consumer) { OpenStruct.new }
+
+    before do
+      allow(producer.client).to receive(:send_offsets_to_transaction)
+
+      producer.transaction do
+        producer.transactional_store_offset(consumer, 'topic', 0, 0)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'expect to delegate to client send_offsets_to_transaction with correct timeout' do
+      expect(producer.client)
+        .to have_received(:send_offsets_to_transaction)
+        .with(consumer, any_args, 30_000)
+    end
+  end
 end