diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/transaction-guide.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/transaction-guide.adoc
index 2467cecfd423d2..4f237a4a376f56 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/transaction-guide.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/transaction-guide.adoc
@@ -186,6 +186,22 @@ include::duration-format-note.adoc[]
 
 The default value is 60 seconds.
 
+== Configuring transaction node name identifier
+
+Narayana, as the underlaying transaction manager, has an concept of unique node identifier.
+This is important if you consider to use XA transactions with involve multiple resources.
+
+The node name identifier plays a crucial part in the identification of a transaction.
+The node name identifier is forged into the transaction id when the transaction is created.
+Based on the node name identifier the transaction manager is capable to recognized the XA tranaction
+counterparts created in database or JMS broker. The identifier makes possible for the transaction manager
+to roll-back the transaction counterparts during recovery.
+
+The node name identifier needs to be unique per transaction manager deployment.
+And the node identifier needs to be stable over the transaction manager restarts.
+
+The node name identifier may be configured via the property `quarkus.transaction-manager.node-name`.
+
 == Why always having a transaction manager?
 
 Does it work everywhere I want to?::
@@ -225,4 +241,3 @@ It's not a mess in Quarkus :)
 Resource-level was introduced to support JPA in a non managed environment.
 But Quarkus is both lean and a managed environment so we can safely always assume we are in JTA mode.
 The end result is that the difficulties of running Hibernate ORM + CDI + a transaction manager in Java SE mode are solved by Quarkus.
-
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
index 793b0ec7fac637..a15113fafcc3a0 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/NarayanaJtaRecorder.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package io.quarkus.narayana.jta.runtime;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import com.arjuna.ats.jta.common.jtaPropertyManager;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import com.arjuna.ats.arjuna.common.CoreEnvironmentBeanException;
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ public void setNodeName(final TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) {
 
         try {
             arjPropertyManager.getCoreEnvironmentBean().setNodeIdentifier(transactions.nodeName);
-            TxControl.setXANodeName(transactions.xaNodeName.orElse(transactions.nodeName));
+            jtaPropertyManager.getJTAEnvironmentBean().setXaRecoveryNodes(Collections.singletonList(transactions.nodeName));
+            TxControl.setXANodeName(transactions.nodeName);
         } catch (CoreEnvironmentBeanException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ public void setDefaultProperties(Properties properties) {
 
     public void setDefaultTimeout(TransactionManagerConfiguration transactions) {
         transactions.defaultTransactionTimeout.ifPresent(defaultTimeout -> {
+            arjPropertyManager.getCoordinatorEnvironmentBean().setDefaultTimeout((int) defaultTimeout.getSeconds());
             TxControl.setDefaultTimeout((int) defaultTimeout.getSeconds());
         });
     }
diff --git a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
index 75a0fbd5c81caa..28953f20b70807 100644
--- a/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
+++ b/extensions/narayana-jta/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/narayana/jta/runtime/TransactionManagerConfiguration.java
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ public final class TransactionManagerConfiguration {
     @ConfigItem(defaultValue = "quarkus")
     public String nodeName;
 
-    /**
-     * The XA node name used by the transaction manager
-     */
-    @ConfigItem()
-    public Optional<String> xaNodeName;
-
     /**
      * The default transaction timeout
      */