diff --git a/neo4j/_async/driver.py b/neo4j/_async/driver.py
index bd2728cf1..37062581b 100644
--- a/neo4j/_async/driver.py
+++ b/neo4j/_async/driver.py
@@ -233,13 +233,14 @@ def bookmark_manager(
             import neo4j
 
             driver = neo4j.AsyncGraphDatabase.driver(...)
-            bookmark_manager = neo4j.AsyncBookmarkManager(...)
+            bookmark_manager = neo4j.AsyncGraphDatabase.bookmark_manager(...)
 
             async with driver.session(
                 bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager
             ) as session1:
                 async with driver.session(
-                    bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager
+                    bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager,
+                    access_mode=neo4j.READ_ACCESS
                 ) as session2:
                     result1 = await session1.run("<WRITE_QUERY>")
                     await result1.consume()
diff --git a/neo4j/_sync/driver.py b/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
index db03a64e6..18d2c8de5 100644
--- a/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
+++ b/neo4j/_sync/driver.py
@@ -232,13 +232,14 @@ def bookmark_manager(
             import neo4j
 
             driver = neo4j.GraphDatabase.driver(...)
-            bookmark_manager = neo4j.BookmarkManager(...)
+            bookmark_manager = neo4j.GraphDatabase.bookmark_manager(...)
 
             with driver.session(
                 bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager
             ) as session1:
                 with driver.session(
-                    bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager
+                    bookmark_manager=bookmark_manager,
+                    access_mode=neo4j.READ_ACCESS
                 ) as session2:
                     result1 = session1.run("<WRITE_QUERY>")
                     result1.consume()