diff --git a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
index bcd00907fe7..34c4203a6e7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/io/druid/curator/announcement/Announcer.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ import io.druid.curator.ShutdownNowIgnoringExecutorService;
 import io.druid.curator.cache.PathChildrenCacheFactory;
 import io.druid.curator.cache.SimplePathChildrenCacheFactory;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.CuratorFramework;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.api.transaction.CuratorTransaction;
+import org.apache.curator.framework.api.transaction.CuratorTransactionFinal;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.ChildData;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.PathChildrenCache;
 import org.apache.curator.framework.recipes.cache.PathChildrenCacheEvent;
@@ -121,12 +123,21 @@ public class Announcer
         }
       }
 
-      for (String parent : parentsIBuilt) {
+      if (!parentsIBuilt.isEmpty()) {
+        CuratorTransaction transaction = curator.inTransaction();
+        for (String parent : parentsIBuilt) {
+          try {
+            transaction = transaction.delete().forPath(parent).and();
+          }
+          catch (Exception e) {
+            log.info(e, "Unable to delete parent[%s], boooo.", parent);
+          }
+        }
         try {
-          curator.delete().forPath(parent);
+          ((CuratorTransactionFinal) transaction).commit();
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
-          log.info(e, "Unable to delete parent[%s], boooo.", parent);
+          log.info(e, "Unable to commit transaction. Please feed the hamsters");
         }
       }
     }
@@ -316,7 +327,7 @@ public class Announcer
   /**
    * Unannounces an announcement created at path.  Note that if all announcements get removed, the Announcer
    * will continue to have ZK watches on paths because clearing them out is a source of ugly race conditions.
-   * 
+   *
    * If you need to completely clear all the state of what is being watched and announced, stop() the Announcer.
    *
    * @param path the path to unannounce
@@ -335,7 +346,7 @@ public class Announcer
     }
 
     try {
-      curator.delete().guaranteed().forPath(path);
+      curator.inTransaction().delete().forPath(path).and().commit();
     }
     catch (KeeperException.NoNodeException e) {
       log.info("node[%s] didn't exist anyway...", path);