diff --git a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/TestDriver.kt b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/TestDriver.kt
index 7b35e6ff1..09ad97482 100644
--- a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/TestDriver.kt
+++ b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/TestDriver.kt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class TestDriver(
       otherTaskDefinitionKey: String = "another-user-task"
     ): BpmnModelInstance = Bpmn
       .createExecutableProcess(processId)
+      .camundaHistoryTimeToLive(1)
       // start event
       .startEvent("start").camundaAsyncAfter(asyncOnStart)
       // user task
diff --git a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/tx/ProcessDefinitionServiceITest.kt b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/tx/ProcessDefinitionServiceITest.kt
index f5914dfe8..3e0d7b5f5 100644
--- a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/tx/ProcessDefinitionServiceITest.kt
+++ b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/kotlin/io/holunda/polyflow/taskpool/itest/tx/ProcessDefinitionServiceITest.kt
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class ProcessDefinitionServiceITest {
     val startEventId = "start"
     val modelInstance = Bpmn
       .createExecutableProcess(processId)
+      .camundaHistoryTimeToLive(1)
       .startEvent(startEventId)
       .endEvent("end")
       .done().apply {
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class ProcessDefinitionServiceITest {
     val startEventId = "start"
     val modelInstance = Bpmn
       .createExecutableProcess(processId)
+      .camundaHistoryTimeToLive(1)
       .startEvent(startEventId)
       .endEvent("end")
       .done().apply {
diff --git a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/resources/itest/message_start_event.bpmn b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/resources/itest/message_start_event.bpmn
index 67f5ead53..5d052b110 100644
--- a/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/resources/itest/message_start_event.bpmn
+++ b/integration/camunda-bpm/taskpool-collector/src/test/resources/itest/message_start_event.bpmn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<bpmn:definitions xmlns:bpmn="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL" xmlns:bpmndi="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI" xmlns:dc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC" xmlns:camunda="http://camunda.org/schema/1.0/bpmn" xmlns:di="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI" xmlns:modeler="http://camunda.org/schema/modeler/1.0" id="Definitions_0xgy7na" targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn" exporter="Camunda Modeler" exporterVersion="5.10.0" modeler:executionPlatform="Camunda Platform" modeler:executionPlatformVersion="7.19.0">
-  <bpmn:process id="my-id" name="My Process" isExecutable="true" camunda:historyTimeToLive="0">
+<bpmn:definitions xmlns:bpmn="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL" xmlns:bpmndi="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI" xmlns:dc="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC" xmlns:camunda="http://camunda.org/schema/1.0/bpmn" xmlns:di="http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI" xmlns:modeler="http://camunda.org/schema/modeler/1.0" id="Definitions_0xgy7na" targetNamespace="http://bpmn.io/schema/bpmn" exporter="Camunda Modeler" exporterVersion="5.6.0" modeler:executionPlatform="Camunda Platform" modeler:executionPlatformVersion="7.19.0">
+  <bpmn:process id="my-id" name="My Process" isExecutable="true" camunda:historyTimeToLive="1">
     <bpmn:endEvent id="Event_0b6e9a9">
       <bpmn:incoming>Flow_0rqm55e</bpmn:incoming>
       <bpmn:incoming>Flow_1k4xpiz</bpmn:incoming>