diff --git a/packages/rum-core/src/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.js b/packages/rum-core/src/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.js
index dfedaef77..4a6d4a19d 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/src/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.js
+++ b/packages/rum-core/src/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.js
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class TransactionService {
       if (__DEV__) {
         this._logger.debug(`startTransaction(${tr.id}, ${tr.name}, ${tr.type})`)
       }
-      this._config.dispatchEvent(TRANSACTION_START, [tr])
+      this._config.events.send(TRANSACTION_START, [tr])
     }
 
     return tr
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ class TransactionService {
         const configContext = this._config.get('context')
         addTransactionContext(tr, configContext)
 
-        this._config.dispatchEvent(TRANSACTION_END, [tr])
+        this._config.events.send(TRANSACTION_END, [tr])
         if (__DEV__) {
           this._logger.debug(
             `end transaction(${tr.id}, ${tr.name}, ${tr.type})`,
diff --git a/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/performance-monitoring.spec.js b/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/performance-monitoring.spec.js
index ae86e9477..5f735ddb8 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/performance-monitoring.spec.js
+++ b/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/performance-monitoring.spec.js
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe('PerformanceMonitoring', function () {
 
   it('should initialize and notify the transaction has been added to the queue', async () => {
     performanceMonitoring.init()
-    spyOn(configService, 'dispatchEvent')
+    spyOn(configService, 'dispatchEvent').and.callThrough()
 
     const tr = performanceMonitoring._transactionService.startTransaction(
       'transaction',
diff --git a/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.spec.js b/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.spec.js
index 78008c56a..bf8ffaec1 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.spec.js
+++ b/packages/rum-core/test/performance-monitoring/transaction-service.spec.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('TransactionService', function () {
     spyOn(logger, 'debug')
 
     config = new Config()
-    spyOn(config, 'dispatchEvent')
+    spyOn(config, 'dispatchEvent').and.callThrough()
     transactionService = new TransactionService(logger, config)
   })