diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 66bc0f2..1413d1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 History
 =======
 
+0.96.3 (2024-10-07)
+-------------------
+* Fixed peewee dbtransaction for fastapi.
+
 0.96.2 (2024-10-07)
 -------------------
 * Removed deprecated peewee autorollback option.
diff --git a/apphelpers/__init__.py b/apphelpers/__init__.py
index c1230b5..7a46185 100644
--- a/apphelpers/__init__.py
+++ b/apphelpers/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 
 __author__ = """Scroll Tech"""
 __email__ = "engg@stck.me"
-__version__ = "0.96.2"
+__version__ = "0.96.3"
diff --git a/apphelpers/db/__init__.py b/apphelpers/db/__init__.py
index 0589f79..a399455 100644
--- a/apphelpers/db/__init__.py
+++ b/apphelpers/db/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 try:
     from apphelpers.db.piccolo import *  # noqa: F401, F403
 
+    peewee_enabled = False
     print("apphelpers: using Piccolo")
+
 except ImportError:
     from apphelpers.db.peewee import *  # noqa: F401, F403
 
+    peewee_enabled = True
     print("apphelpers: using Peewee")
diff --git a/apphelpers/rest/fastapi.py b/apphelpers/rest/fastapi.py
index c592eab..bd51773 100644
--- a/apphelpers/rest/fastapi.py
+++ b/apphelpers/rest/fastapi.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from fastapi.routing import APIRoute
 from starlette.requests import Request
 
-from apphelpers.db import dbtransaction_ctx
+from apphelpers.db import dbtransaction_ctx, peewee_enabled
 from apphelpers.errors.fastapi import (
     BaseError,
     HTTP401Unauthorized,
@@ -168,12 +168,23 @@ async def get_user_ip(request: Request):
 header = Annotated[str, Header()]
 
 
-def dbtransaction(engine, allow_nested=True):
-    async def dependency():
-        async with dbtransaction_ctx(engine, allow_nested=allow_nested):
-            yield
+if peewee_enabled:
 
-    return Depends(dependency)
+    def dbtransaction(engine):
+        async def dependency():
+            with dbtransaction_ctx(engine):
+                yield
+
+        return Depends(dependency)
+
+else:
+
+    def dbtransaction(engine, allow_nested=True):
+        async def dependency():
+            async with dbtransaction_ctx(engine, allow_nested=allow_nested):
+                yield
+
+        return Depends(dependency)
 
 
 class SecureRouter(APIRoute):
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index c209e22..9b7248b 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.96.2
+current_version = 0.96.3
 commit = True
 tag = True
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 00e5bf9..2a987a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@
     test_suite="tests",
     tests_require=test_requirements,
     url="https://github.com/scrolltech/apphelpers",
-    version="0.96.2",
+    version="0.96.3",
     zip_safe=False,
 )