diff --git a/db/errors.go b/db/errors.go
index fab714d5de0..6a8881840ff 100644
--- a/db/errors.go
+++ b/db/errors.go
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4"
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrNotFound      = errors.New("not found")
+	ErrNotFound      = fmt.Errorf("not found: %w", pgx.ErrNoRows)
 	ErrAlreadyExists = errors.New("already exists")
 	ErrSerialization = errors.New("serialization error")
 	ErrNotASlice     = errors.New("results must be a pointer to a slice")
diff --git a/db/tx.go b/db/tx.go
index 472efd2f2b2..4a15ef84bc8 100644
--- a/db/tx.go
+++ b/db/tx.go
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ func (d *dbTx) Get(dest interface{}, query string, args ...interface{}) error {
 		"took":  time.Since(start),
 	})
 	err := pgxscan.Get(context.Background(), d.tx, dest, query, args...)
-	if errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows) {
+	if pgxscan.NotFound(err) {
+		// Don't wrap this err: it might come from a different version of pgx and then
+		// !errors.Is(err, pgx.ErrNoRows).
 		log.Trace("SQL query returned no results")
 		return ErrNotFound
 	}
diff --git a/db/tx_test.go b/db/tx_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48e2484f2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/tx_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package db_test
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/db"
+	"github.com/treeverse/lakefs/db/params"
+)
+
+func getDB(t *testing.T) db.Database {
+	t.Helper()
+	ret, err := db.ConnectDB(params.Database{Driver: "pgx", ConnectionString: databaseURI})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("failed to get DB")
+	}
+	return ret
+}
+
+func TestGetPrimitive(t *testing.T) {
+	d := getDB(t)
+
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ret, err := d.Transact(func(tx db.Tx) (interface{}, error) {
+			var i int64
+			err := tx.GetPrimitive(&i, "SELECT 17")
+			return i, err
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to SELECT 17: %s", err)
+		}
+		i := ret.(int64)
+		if i != 17 {
+			t.Errorf("got %d not 17 from SELECT 17", i)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("failure", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := d.Transact(func(tx db.Tx) (interface{}, error) {
+			var i int64
+			err := tx.GetPrimitive(&i, "SELECT 17 WHERE 2=1")
+			return i, err
+		})
+
+		if !errors.Is(err, db.ErrNotFound) {
+			t.Errorf("got %s wanted not found", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
+	type R struct {
+		A int64
+		B string
+	}
+
+	d := getDB(t)
+
+	t.Run("success", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ret, err := d.Transact(func(tx db.Tx) (interface{}, error) {
+			var r R
+			err := tx.Get(&r, "SELECT 17 A, 'foo' B")
+			return &r, err
+		})
+
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to SELECT 17 and 'foo': %s", err)
+		}
+		r := ret.(*R)
+		if r.A != 17 {
+			t.Errorf("got %+v with A != 17 from SELECT 17 and 'foo'", r)
+		}
+		if r.B != "foo" {
+			t.Errorf("got %+v with B != 'foo' from SELECT 17 and 'foo'", r)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("failure", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := d.Transact(func(tx db.Tx) (interface{}, error) {
+			var r R
+			err := tx.Get(&r, "SELECT 17 A, 'foo' B WHERE 2=1")
+			return &r, err
+		})
+
+		if !errors.Is(err, db.ErrNotFound) {
+			t.Errorf("got %s wanted not found", err)
+		}
+	})
+}