diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index beadd6f67..551759a8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
   <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm-server</artifactId>
-  <version>3.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>avaje-ebeanorm-server</name>
@@ -61,13 +60,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm-api</artifactId>
-      <version>[3.1,4)</version>
+      <version>[3.1.1]</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>[3.1,4)</version>
+      <version>[3.1.1]</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
index df13ae07c..b4361ae54 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/server/persist/DefaultPersister.java
@@ -777,11 +777,10 @@ public final class DefaultPersister implements Persister {
 			if (saveMany.isCascade()) {
 				// Need explicit Cascade to save the beans on other side
 				saveAssocManyDetails(saveMany, false, saveMany.isUpdateNullProperties());
-				// for ManyToMany save the 'relationship' via inserts/deletes
-				// into/from the intersection table
-				saveAssocManyIntersection(saveMany, saveMany.isDeleteMissingChildren());
 			}
-
+			// for ManyToMany save the 'relationship' via inserts/deletes
+			// into/from the intersection table
+			saveAssocManyIntersection(saveMany, saveMany.isDeleteMissingChildren());
 		} else {
 			if (saveMany.isCascade()) {
 				saveAssocManyDetails(saveMany, saveMany.isDeleteMissingChildren(), saveMany.isUpdateNullProperties());