diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java
index cf293231ab..3476b8cadc 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractHibernateDao<T extends Serializable> implements IO
     @Override
     public final void create(final T entity) {
         Preconditions.checkNotNull(entity);
-        getCurrentSession().persist(entity);
+        // getCurrentSession().persist(entity);
+        getCurrentSession().saveOrUpdate(entity);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Child.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Child.java
index 8589a2f497..978502242c 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Child.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Child.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class Child implements Serializable {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        builder.append("Child [id=").append(id).append(", parent=").append(parent).append("]");
+        builder.append("Child [id=").append(id).append("]");
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Parent.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Parent.java
index 4fd7af6b09..875b56df34 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Parent.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/model/Parent.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class Parent implements Serializable {
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-        builder.append("Parent [id=").append(id).append(", child=").append(child).append("]");
+        builder.append("Parent [id=").append(id).append("]");
         return builder.toString();
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index d35440bf15..69d094f5d8 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public class FooServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
     }
 
     @Test(expected = InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException.class)
+    @Ignore("Right now, persist has saveOrUpdate semantics, so this will no longer fail")
     public final void whenSameEntityIsCreatedTwice_thenDataException() {
         final Foo entity = new Foo(randomAlphabetic(8));
         service.create(entity);
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/ParentServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/ParentServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
index 126066a941..27338a6c4d 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/ParentServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/src/test/java/org/baeldung/spring/persistence/service/ParentServicePersistenceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.baeldung.spring.persistence.service;
 import org.baeldung.spring.persistence.config.PersistenceConfig;
 import org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model.Child;
 import org.baeldung.spring.persistence.model.Parent;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ public class ParentServicePersistenceIntegrationTest {
     @Autowired
     private IChildService childService;
 
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
     // tests
 
     @Test