diff --git a/dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
index a80adcc45..f01536a76 100644
--- a/dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
+++ b/dependencies/lmdb/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
@@ -3483,13 +3483,13 @@ mdb_txn_renew(MDB_txn *txn)
 		if (!txn)
 			last_error = "No transaction to renew";
 		else if (F_ISSET(txn->mt_flags, MDB_TXN_RDONLY)) {
-			// Txn is already renewed, consider this as invalid for compatibility with v1
-			return EINVAL;
+			// Txn is already renewed, we can just keep using it
+			return MDB_SUCCESS;
 		} else {
 			last_error = malloc(100);
 			sprintf(last_error, "Transaction flag was invalid for renew: %u", txn->mt_flags);
 		}
-		return MDB_BAD_TXN; // if the transaction is not read-only, communicate this with a separate error code
+		return EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	rc = mdb_txn_renew0(txn);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3f40557dc..28c88d77b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "lmdb",
   "author": "Kris Zyp",
-  "version": "2.9.3",
+  "version": "2.9.4",
   "description": "Simple, efficient, scalable, high-performance LMDB interface",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
@@ -109,5 +109,6 @@
     "useTabs": true,
     "singleQuote": true
   },
-  "optionalDependencies": {}
+  "optionalDependencies": {
+  }
 }
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