diff --git a/client_context.go b/client_context.go
index 4bbded2e..b4045180 100644
--- a/client_context.go
+++ b/client_context.go
@@ -3,12 +3,50 @@ package river
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/internal/rivercommon"
+	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivershared/riverpilot"
 )
 
 var errClientNotInContext = errors.New("river: client not found in context, can only be used in a Worker")
 
+type clientContextData struct {
+	Pilot  riverpilot.Pilot
+	Schema string
+	Time   time.Time
+}
+
+type clientContextProvider interface {
+	clientContextData() *clientContextData
+}
+
+func clientContextDataFromContext(ctx context.Context) *clientContextData {
+	client, exists := ctx.Value(rivercommon.ContextKeyClient{}).(clientContextProvider)
+	if !exists || client == nil {
+		panic(errClientNotInContext)
+	}
+
+	data := client.clientContextData()
+	if data == nil {
+		panic(errClientNotInContext)
+	}
+
+	return data
+}
+
+func (c *Client[TTx]) clientContextData() *clientContextData {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return &clientContextData{
+		Pilot:  c.Pilot(),
+		Schema: c.Schema(),
+		Time:   c.baseService.Time.Now(),
+	}
+}
+
 func withClient[TTx any](ctx context.Context, client *Client[TTx]) context.Context {
 	return context.WithValue(ctx, rivercommon.ContextKeyClient{}, client)
 }
diff --git a/job_complete_tx.go b/job_complete_tx.go
index f6e6d00f..625d8d47 100644
--- a/job_complete_tx.go
+++ b/job_complete_tx.go
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ import (
 // JobCompleteTx marks the job as completed as part of transaction tx. If tx is
 // rolled back, the completion will be as well.
 //
-// The function needs to know the type of the River database driver, which is
-// the same as the one in use by Client, but the other generic parameters can be
-// inferred. An invocation should generally look like:
+// The function needs to know the type of the River database driver that is
+// compatible with tx. This is usually the same driver used by Client, but may
+// differ when a worker and its application transactions use different database
+// abstractions. The other generic parameters can be inferred. An invocation
+// should generally look like:
 //
 //	_, err := river.JobCompleteTx[*riverpgxv5.Driver](ctx, tx, job)
 //	if err != nil {
@@ -35,31 +37,27 @@ func JobCompleteTx[TDriver riverdriver.Driver[TTx], TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx
 		return nil, errors.New("job must be running")
 	}
 
-	client := ClientFromContext[TTx](ctx)
-	if client == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("client not found in context, can only work within a River worker")
-	}
+	clientData := clientContextDataFromContext(ctx)
 
-	driver := client.Driver()
-	pilot := client.Pilot()
+	var driver TDriver
 
 	// extract metadata updates from context
 	metadataUpdates, hasMetadataUpdates := jobexecutor.MetadataUpdatesFromWorkContext(ctx)
 	hasMetadataUpdates = hasMetadataUpdates && len(metadataUpdates) > 0
 	var (
 		metadataUpdatesBytes []byte
-		err                  error
+		marshalErr           error
 	)
 	if hasMetadataUpdates {
-		metadataUpdatesBytes, err = json.Marshal(metadataUpdates)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+		metadataUpdatesBytes, marshalErr = json.Marshal(metadataUpdates)
+		if marshalErr != nil {
+			return nil, marshalErr
 		}
 	}
 
 	execTx := driver.UnwrapExecutor(tx)
-	params := riverdriver.JobSetStateCompleted(job.ID, client.baseService.Time.Now(), nil)
-	rows, err := pilot.JobSetStateIfRunningMany(ctx, execTx, &riverdriver.JobSetStateIfRunningManyParams{
+	params := riverdriver.JobSetStateCompleted(job.ID, clientData.Time, nil)
+	rows, err := clientData.Pilot.JobSetStateIfRunningMany(ctx, execTx, &riverdriver.JobSetStateIfRunningManyParams{
 		ID:              []int64{params.ID},
 		Attempt:         []*int{params.Attempt},
 		ErrData:         [][]byte{params.ErrData},
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ func JobCompleteTx[TDriver riverdriver.Driver[TTx], TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx
 		MetadataDoMerge: []bool{hasMetadataUpdates},
 		MetadataUpdates: [][]byte{metadataUpdatesBytes},
 		ScheduledAt:     []*time.Time{params.ScheduledAt},
-		Schema:          client.config.Schema,
+		Schema:          clientData.Schema,
 		State:           []rivertype.JobState{params.State},
 	})
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/job_complete_tx_test.go b/job_complete_tx_test.go
index c5e61e6e..2d3ed055 100644
--- a/job_complete_tx_test.go
+++ b/job_complete_tx_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,24 @@ import (
 	"github.com/riverqueue/river/rivertype"
 )
 
+type wrappedPgxTx struct {
+	pgx.Tx
+}
+
+type wrappedPgxTxDriver struct {
+	*riverpgxv5.Driver
+}
+
+func (d *wrappedPgxTxDriver) UnwrapExecutor(tx *wrappedPgxTx) riverdriver.ExecutorTx {
+	var driver *riverpgxv5.Driver
+	return driver.UnwrapExecutor(tx.Tx)
+}
+
+func (d *wrappedPgxTxDriver) UnwrapTx(execTx riverdriver.ExecutorTx) *wrappedPgxTx {
+	var driver *riverpgxv5.Driver
+	return &wrappedPgxTx{Tx: driver.UnwrapTx(execTx)}
+}
+
 func TestJobCompleteTx(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -162,4 +180,18 @@ func TestJobCompleteTx(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("UsesTransactionDriverInsteadOfWorkerDriver", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		ctx, bundle := setup(ctx, t)
+
+		job := testfactory.Job(ctx, t, bundle.exec, &testfactory.JobOpts{
+			State: new(rivertype.JobStateRunning),
+		})
+
+		completedJob, err := JobCompleteTx[*wrappedPgxTxDriver](ctx, &wrappedPgxTx{Tx: bundle.tx}, &Job[JobArgs]{JobRow: job})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, rivertype.JobStateCompleted, completedJob.State)
+	})
 }
diff --git a/resumable_step_tx.go b/resumable_step_tx.go
index fddb8c63..6de35947 100644
--- a/resumable_step_tx.go
+++ b/resumable_step_tx.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 // Must be called from within a ResumableStep or ResumableStepCursor callback.
 // The current step name to persist is read from context.
 func ResumableSetStepTx[TDriver riverdriver.Driver[TTx], TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx context.Context, tx TTx, job *Job[TArgs]) (*Job[TArgs], error) {
-	return resumableSetStepTx(ctx, tx, job, nil)
+	return resumableSetStepTx[TDriver](ctx, tx, job, nil)
 }
 
 // ResumableSetStepCursorTx immediately persists the current resumable step and
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ func ResumableSetStepCursorTx[TDriver riverdriver.Driver[TTx], TTx any, TArgs Jo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return resumableSetStepTx(ctx, tx, job, json.RawMessage(cursorBytes))
+	return resumableSetStepTx[TDriver](ctx, tx, job, json.RawMessage(cursorBytes))
 }
 
-func resumableSetStepTx[TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx context.Context, tx TTx, job *Job[TArgs], cursor json.RawMessage) (*Job[TArgs], error) {
+func resumableSetStepTx[TDriver riverdriver.Driver[TTx], TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx context.Context, tx TTx, job *Job[TArgs], cursor json.RawMessage) (*Job[TArgs], error) {
 	if job.State != rivertype.JobStateRunning {
 		return nil, errors.New("job must be running")
 	}
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ func resumableSetStepTx[TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx context.Context, tx TTx, job
 
 	step := state.StepName
 
-	client := ClientFromContext[TTx](ctx)
-	if client == nil {
-		return nil, errors.New("client not found in context, can only work within a River worker")
-	}
+	clientData := clientContextDataFromContext(ctx)
+
+	var driver TDriver
 
 	metadataUpdates := map[string]any{
 		rivercommon.MetadataKeyResumableStep: step,
@@ -99,11 +98,11 @@ func resumableSetStepTx[TTx any, TArgs JobArgs](ctx context.Context, tx TTx, job
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	updatedJob, err := client.Driver().UnwrapExecutor(tx).JobUpdate(ctx, &riverdriver.JobUpdateParams{
+	updatedJob, err := driver.UnwrapExecutor(tx).JobUpdate(ctx, &riverdriver.JobUpdateParams{
 		ID:              job.ID,
 		MetadataDoMerge: true,
 		Metadata:        metadataUpdatesBytes,
-		Schema:          client.config.Schema,
+		Schema:          clientData.Schema,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, rivertype.ErrNotFound) {
diff --git a/resumable_step_tx_test.go b/resumable_step_tx_test.go
index da1c3280..b12aa7c1 100644
--- a/resumable_step_tx_test.go
+++ b/resumable_step_tx_test.go
@@ -165,4 +165,18 @@ func TestResumableSetStepTx(t *testing.T) {
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 		})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("UsesTransactionDriverInsteadOfWorkerDriver", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		ctx, bundle := setup(ctx, t, "step1")
+
+		job := testfactory.Job(ctx, t, bundle.exec, &testfactory.JobOpts{
+			State: new(rivertype.JobStateRunning),
+		})
+
+		updatedJob, err := ResumableSetStepTx[*wrappedPgxTxDriver](ctx, &wrappedPgxTx{Tx: bundle.tx}, &Job[JobArgs]{JobRow: job})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, rivertype.JobStateRunning, updatedJob.State)
+	})
 }