diff --git a/core/sail/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/sail/helpers/AbstractSailConnection.java b/core/sail/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/sail/helpers/AbstractSailConnection.java
index 9a410923f8..01d9c659a6 100644
--- a/core/sail/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/sail/helpers/AbstractSailConnection.java
+++ b/core/sail/api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/rdf4j/sail/helpers/AbstractSailConnection.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.common.annotation.Experimental;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.common.annotation.InternalUseOnly;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.common.concurrent.locks.Lock;
 import org.eclipse.rdf4j.common.concurrent.locks.diagnostics.ConcurrentCleaner;
@@ -971,6 +972,7 @@ protected void prepareInternal() throws SailException {
 	protected abstract void addStatementInternal(Resource subj, IRI pred, Value obj, Resource... contexts)
 			throws SailException;
 
+	@Experimental
 	protected void bulkAddStatementsInternal(final Collection<? extends Statement> statements)
 			throws SailException {
 		for (final Statement st : statements) {