diff --git a/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/LogMinerStreamingChangeEventSource.java b/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/LogMinerStreamingChangeEventSource.java
index 2217244f5..467f29f84 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/LogMinerStreamingChangeEventSource.java
+++ b/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/LogMinerStreamingChangeEventSource.java
@@ -185,7 +185,16 @@ public void execute(ChangeEventSourceContext context, OracleOffsetContext offset
                                 Duration lastDurationOfBatchCapturing = stopwatch.stop().durations().statistics().getTotal();
                                 streamingMetrics.setLastDurationOfBatchCapturing(lastDurationOfBatchCapturing);
                                 processor.processResult(rs);
-                                startScn = transactionalBuffer.updateOffsetContext(offsetContext, dispatcher);
+                                if (connectorConfig.isLobEnabled()) {
+                                    startScn = transactionalBuffer.updateOffsetContext(offsetContext, dispatcher);
+                                }
+                                else {
+                                    if (transactionalBuffer.isEmpty()) {
+                                        LOGGER.debug("Buffer is empty, updating offset SCN to {}", endScn);
+                                        offsetContext.setScn(endScn);
+                                    }
+                                    startScn = endScn;
+                                }
                             }
 
                             streamingMetrics.setCurrentBatchProcessingTime(Duration.between(start, Instant.now()));
diff --git a/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/TransactionalBuffer.java b/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/TransactionalBuffer.java
index 7177827a6..4e97a4137 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/TransactionalBuffer.java
+++ b/debezium-connector-oracle/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/oracle/logminer/TransactionalBuffer.java
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ boolean commit(String transactionId, Scn scn, OracleOffsetContext offsetContext,
                 maxCommittedScn = lastCommittedScn;
             }
 
-            // cache recent transaction and commit scn for handling offset updates
-            recentlyCommittedTransactionIds.add(new RecentlyCommittedTransaction(transaction, scn));
+            if (connectorConfig.isLobEnabled()) {
+                // cache recent transaction and commit scn for handling offset updates
+                recentlyCommittedTransactionIds.add(new RecentlyCommittedTransaction(transaction, scn));
+            }
         }
         catch (InterruptedException e) {
             LogMinerHelper.logError(streamingMetrics, "Commit interrupted", e);