diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/JCacheEhCacheAnnotationTests.java b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/JCacheEhCacheAnnotationTests.java
index 748c4678fb5..1c003185417 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/JCacheEhCacheAnnotationTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/jcache/JCacheEhCacheAnnotationTests.java
@@ -83,22 +83,22 @@ public class JCacheEhCacheAnnotationTests extends AbstractCacheAnnotationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void testEvictWithTransaction() {
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> testEvict(this.cs, false));
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> testEvict(this.cs, false));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testEvictEarlyWithTransaction() {
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> testEvictEarly(this.cs));
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> testEvictEarly(this.cs));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testEvictAllWithTransaction() {
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> testEvictAll(this.cs, false));
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> testEvictAll(this.cs, false));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testEvictAllEarlyWithTransaction() {
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> testEvictAllEarly(this.cs));
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> testEvictAllEarly(this.cs));
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
index 40f745cee0f..74337eb76e4 100644
--- a/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/cache/transaction/TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Cache cache = new TransactionAwareCacheDecorator(target);
 		Object key = new Object();
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			cache.put(key, "123");
 			assertThat(target.get(key)).isNull();
 		});
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Cache cache = new TransactionAwareCacheDecorator(target);
 		Object key = new Object();
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			assertThat(cache.putIfAbsent(key, "123")).isNull();
 			assertThat(target.get(key, String.class)).isEqualTo("123");
 			assertThat(cache.putIfAbsent(key, "456").get()).isEqualTo("123");
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Object key = new Object();
 		cache.put(key, "123");
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			cache.evict(key);
 			assertThat(target.get(key, String.class)).isEqualTo("123");
 		});
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Object key = new Object();
 		cache.put(key, "123");
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			cache.evictIfPresent(key);
 			assertThat(target.get(key)).isNull();
 		});
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Object key = new Object();
 		cache.put(key, "123");
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			cache.clear();
 			assertThat(target.get(key, String.class)).isEqualTo("123");
 		});
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public class TransactionAwareCacheDecoratorTests {
 		Object key = new Object();
 		cache.put(key, "123");
 
-		txTemplate.execute(() -> {
+		txTemplate.executeWithoutResult(s -> {
 			cache.invalidate();
 			assertThat(target.get(key)).isNull();
 		});
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
index 4093cd07a69..c2aaa34f2a8 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/jdbc/SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class SqlScriptsTestExecutionListener extends AbstractTestExecutionListen
 					TransactionDefinition.PROPAGATION_REQUIRED);
 			TransactionAttribute txAttr = TestContextTransactionUtils.createDelegatingTransactionAttribute(
 					testContext, new DefaultTransactionAttribute(propagation));
-			new TransactionTemplate(txMgr, txAttr).execute(() -> populator.execute(finalDataSource));
+			new TransactionTemplate(txMgr, txAttr).executeWithoutResult(s -> populator.execute(finalDataSource));
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
index ffec5fb7083..3ba6d3f2884 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/TransactionOperations.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.transaction.support;
 
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException;
+import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
 
 /**
  * Interface specifying basic transaction execution operations.
@@ -40,6 +43,7 @@ public interface TransactionOperations {
 	 * @return a result object returned by the callback, or {@code null} if none
 	 * @throws TransactionException in case of initialization, rollback, or system errors
 	 * @throws RuntimeException if thrown by the TransactionCallback
+	 * @see #executeWithoutResult(Consumer)
 	 */
 	@Nullable
 	<T> T execute(TransactionCallback<T> action) throws TransactionException;
@@ -59,9 +63,9 @@ public interface TransactionOperations {
 	 * @see #execute(TransactionCallback)
 	 * @see TransactionCallbackWithoutResult
 	 */
-	default void execute(Runnable action) throws TransactionException {
+	default void executeWithoutResult(Consumer<TransactionStatus> action) throws TransactionException {
 		execute(status -> {
-			action.run();
+			action.accept(status);
 			return null;
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
index a106f0f2503..08a4e4cd43a 100644
--- a/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
+++ b/spring-tx/src/main/java/org/springframework/transaction/support/WithoutTransactionOperations.java
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@
 
 package org.springframework.transaction.support;
 
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionException;
+import org.springframework.transaction.TransactionStatus;
 
 /**
  * A {@link TransactionOperations} implementation which executes a given
@@ -43,8 +46,8 @@ final class WithoutTransactionOperations implements TransactionOperations {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void execute(Runnable action) throws TransactionException {
-		action.run();
+	public void executeWithoutResult(Consumer<TransactionStatus> action) throws TransactionException {
+		action.accept(new SimpleTransactionStatus(false));
 	}
 
 }