diff --git a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
index e4145acb76..b1d5205eb4 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/apoc/util/Util.java
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion;
 
+import org.neo4j.configuration.Config;
+import org.neo4j.configuration.connectors.BoltConnector;
+import org.neo4j.dbms.api.DatabaseManagementService;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Direction;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.Entity;
 import org.neo4j.graphdb.GraphDatabaseService;
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@
 import static apoc.ApocConfig.apocConfig;
 import static apoc.util.DateFormatUtil.getOrCreate;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static org.neo4j.configuration.GraphDatabaseSettings.SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME;
 
 /**
  * @author mh
@@ -695,24 +699,13 @@ public static String withMapping(Stream<String> columns, Function<String, String
         return with.isEmpty() ? with : " WITH "+with+" ";
     }
 
-    public static boolean isWriteableInstance(GraphDatabaseAPI db) {
-        try {
-            try {
-                Class hadb = Class.forName("org.neo4j.kernel.ha.HighlyAvailableGraphDatabase");
-                boolean isSlave = hadb.isInstance(db) && !((Boolean)hadb.getMethod("isMaster").invoke(db));
-                if (isSlave) return false;
-            } catch (ClassNotFoundException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | NoSuchMethodException e) {
-                /* ignore */
-            }
-
-            String role = db.executeTransactionally("CALL dbms.cluster.role($databaseName)",
-                    Collections.singletonMap("databaseName", db.databaseName()),
-                    result -> Iterators.single(result.columnAs("role")));
-            return role.equalsIgnoreCase("LEADER");
-        } catch(QueryExecutionException e) {
-            if (e.getStatusCode().equalsIgnoreCase("Neo.ClientError.Procedure.ProcedureNotFound")) return true;
-            throw e;
-        }
+    public static boolean isWriteableInstance( GraphDatabaseAPI db )
+    {
+        var socketAddress = db.getDependencyResolver().resolveDependency( Config.class ).get( BoltConnector.advertised_address ).toString();
+        GraphDatabaseService systemDb = db.getDependencyResolver().resolveDependency( DatabaseManagementService.class ).database( SYSTEM_DATABASE_NAME );
+        String role = systemDb.executeTransactionally( "SHOW DATABASE $databaseName WHERE address = $socketAddress",
+                Map.of( "databaseName", db.databaseName(), "socketAddress", socketAddress ), result -> Iterators.single( result.columnAs( "role" ) ) );
+        return role.equalsIgnoreCase( "LEADER" )  || role.equalsIgnoreCase( "standalone" );
     }
 
     /**