diff --git a/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks.kt b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks.kt
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index 0000000..92de200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.association
+
+import dev.krud.crudframework.crud.hooks.interfaces.UpdateFromHooks
+import dev.krud.crudframework.crud.hooks.interfaces.UpdateHooks
+import dev.krud.crudframework.model.BaseCrudEntity
+import dev.krud.crudframework.util.ReflectionUtils
+import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType
+import jakarta.persistence.EntityManager
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany
+import jakarta.persistence.ManyToOne
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToMany
+import jakarta.persistence.OneToOne
+import jakarta.persistence.PersistenceContext
+import org.hibernate.Hibernate
+import org.hibernate.Session
+
+class ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks :
+    UpdateHooks<Long, BaseCrudEntity<Long>>,
+    UpdateFromHooks<Long, BaseCrudEntity<Long>> {
+
+    @PersistenceContext
+    private lateinit var entityManager: EntityManager
+
+    override fun onUpdate(entity: BaseCrudEntity<Long>) {
+        markAssociationsReadOnly(entity)
+    }
+
+    override fun onUpdateFrom(entity: BaseCrudEntity<Long>, ro: Any) {
+        markAssociationsReadOnly(entity)
+    }
+
+    private fun markAssociationsReadOnly(entity: BaseCrudEntity<Long>) {
+        val session = entityManager.unwrap(Session::class.java)
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(entity::class.java) { field ->
+            val cascade = when {
+                field.isAnnotationPresent(ManyToOne::class.java) -> field.getAnnotation(ManyToOne::class.java).cascade
+                field.isAnnotationPresent(OneToOne::class.java) -> field.getAnnotation(OneToOne::class.java).cascade
+                field.isAnnotationPresent(ManyToMany::class.java) -> field.getAnnotation(ManyToMany::class.java).cascade
+                field.isAnnotationPresent(OneToMany::class.java) -> field.getAnnotation(OneToMany::class.java).cascade
+                else -> return@doWithFields
+            }
+            if (CascadeType.ALL in cascade || CascadeType.MERGE in cascade) return@doWithFields
+            ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field)
+            val value = field.get(entity) ?: return@doWithFields
+            if (value is Collection<*>) {
+                if (Hibernate.isInitialized(value)) {
+                    value.filterNotNull().forEach { session.setReadOnly(it, true) }
+                }
+            } else {
+                session.setReadOnly(value, true)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/annotation/ReadOnlyAssociations.kt b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/annotation/ReadOnlyAssociations.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad7bf7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/association/annotation/ReadOnlyAssociations.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.association.annotation
+
+import dev.krud.crudframework.crud.annotation.WithHooks
+import dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.association.ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks
+
+@WithHooks(hooks = [ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks::class])
+annotation class ReadOnlyAssociations
diff --git a/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/config/CrudHibernate5ConnectorConfiguration.kt b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/config/CrudHibernate5ConnectorConfiguration.kt
index d5554e7..78a90d8 100644
--- a/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/config/CrudHibernate5ConnectorConfiguration.kt
+++ b/crud-framework-hibernate5-connector/src/main/java/dev/krud/crudframework/jpa/config/CrudHibernate5ConnectorConfiguration.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.config
 
 import dev.krud.crudframework.crud.handler.CrudDao
+import dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.association.ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks
 import dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.dao.JpaDaoImpl
 import dev.krud.crudframework.jpa.lazyinitializer.LazyInitializerPersistentHooks
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
@@ -13,4 +14,7 @@ class CrudHibernate5ConnectorConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     fun lazyInitializerPersistentHooks(): LazyInitializerPersistentHooks = LazyInitializerPersistentHooks()
+
+    @Bean
+    fun readOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks(): ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks = ReadOnlyAssociationsPersistentHooks()
 }
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