diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/api/TaskanaEngine.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/api/TaskanaEngine.java
index 111c02efe6..62c19c1561 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/api/TaskanaEngine.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/api/TaskanaEngine.java
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ default void runAsAdmin(Runnable runnable) {
    */
   CurrentUserContext getCurrentUserContext();
 
+  /** Clears the cache of the underlying local SQL session. */
+  void clearSqlSessionCache();
+
   /**
    * Connection management mode. Controls the connection handling of taskana
    *
diff --git a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/internal/TaskanaEngineImpl.java b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/internal/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
index 7ebd4971ef..4dec297384 100644
--- a/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/internal/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
+++ b/lib/taskana-core/src/main/java/pro/taskana/common/internal/TaskanaEngineImpl.java
@@ -385,6 +385,11 @@ public CurrentUserContext getCurrentUserContext() {
     return currentUserContext;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void clearSqlSessionCache() {
+    sessionManager.clearCache();
+  }
+
   /**
    * This method creates the sqlSessionManager of myBatis. It integrates all the SQL mappers and
    * sets the databaseId attribute.