diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/counter.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/counter.go
index 275099ff2..3ead0d9a0 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/counter.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/counter.go
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ func (db *DB) DeleteContainerSize(ctx context.Context, id cid.ID) error {
 		return ErrReadOnlyMode
 	}
 
-	err := db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	err := db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		b := tx.Bucket(containerVolumeBucketName)
 
 		key := make([]byte, cidSize)
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ func (db *DB) DeleteContainerCount(ctx context.Context, id cid.ID) error {
 		return ErrReadOnlyMode
 	}
 
-	err := db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	err := db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		b := tx.Bucket(containerCounterBucketName)
 
 		key := make([]byte, cidSize)
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
index 00c8d06e0..e5e9840a0 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/delete.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (db *DB) Delete(ctx context.Context, prm DeletePrm) (DeleteRes, error) {
 	var err error
 	var res DeleteRes
 
-	err = db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	err = db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		res, err = db.deleteGroup(tx, prm.addrs)
 		return err
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/graveyard.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/graveyard.go
index 80d40fb78..31f95d6ed 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/graveyard.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/graveyard.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func (db *DB) DropGraves(ctx context.Context, tss []TombstonedObject) error {
 
 	buf := make([]byte, addressKeySize)
 
-	return db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	return db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		bkt := tx.Bucket(graveyardBucketName)
 		if bkt == nil {
 			return nil
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
index b62accc43..3aae15061 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/inhume.go
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (db *DB) Inhume(ctx context.Context, prm InhumePrm) (InhumeRes, error) {
 		inhumedByCnrID: make(map[cid.ID]ObjectCounters),
 	}
 	currEpoch := db.epochState.CurrentEpoch()
-	err := db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	err := db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		return db.inhumeTx(tx, currEpoch, prm, &res)
 	})
 	success = err == nil
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/lock.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/lock.go
index 732ba426d..6b78ef392 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/lock.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase/lock.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (db *DB) lockInternal(locked []oid.ID, cnr cid.ID, locker oid.ID) error {
 	}
 	key := make([]byte, cidSize)
 
-	return metaerr.Wrap(db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	return metaerr.Wrap(db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		if firstIrregularObjectType(tx, cnr, bucketKeysLocked...) != objectSDK.TypeRegular {
 			return logicerr.Wrap(new(apistatus.LockNonRegularObject))
 		}
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func (db *DB) FreeLockedBy(lockers []oid.Address) ([]oid.Address, error) {
 
 	var unlockedObjects []oid.Address
 
-	if err := db.boltDB.Update(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
+	if err := db.boltDB.Batch(func(tx *bbolt.Tx) error {
 		for i := range lockers {
 			unlocked, err := freePotentialLocks(tx, lockers[i].Container(), lockers[i].Object())
 			if err != nil {